{"product_id":"home-and-away-paperback","title":"Home and Away - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarl Ove Knausgaard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo world-class writers reveal themselves to be the ultimate soccer fans in these collected letters\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKarl Ove Knausgaard is sitting at home in Skåne with his wife, four small children, and dog. He is watching soccer on TV and falls asleep in front of the set. He likes 0-0 draws, cigarettes, coffee, and Argentina. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFredrik Ekelund is away, in Brazil, where he plays soccer on the beach and watches matches with others. Ekelund loves games that end up 4-3 and teams that play beautiful soccer. He likes caipirinhas and Brazil. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome and Away\u003c\/i\u003e is an unusual soccer book, in which the two authors use soccer and the World Cup in Brazil as the arena for reflections on life and death, art and politics, class and literature. What does it mean to be at home in a globalized world? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis exchange of letters opens up new vistas and gives us stories from the lives of two creative writers. We get under their skin and gain insight into their relationships with modern times and soccer's place in their lives, the significance the game has for people in general, and the question Was this the best soccer championship ever?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarl Ove Knausgaard\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Norway in 1968. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eOut of This World\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Norwegian Critics Prize in 2004 and his novel \u003ci\u003eA Time for Everything\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Nordic Council Prize. For \u003ci\u003eMy Struggle: Book 1\u003c\/i\u003e, Knausgaard received the Brage Award in 2009, the 2010 Book of the Year Prize in Morgenbladet, and the P2 Listeners' Prize. \u003ci\u003eMy Struggle: Book 1\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year and \u003ci\u003eMy Struggle: Book 2\u003c\/i\u003e was listed among \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's 2013 Books of the Year. \u003ci\u003eMy Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and has been translated into more than fifteen languages. Knausgaard lives in Sweden with his wife and four children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFredrik Ekelund\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Sweden in 1953. He published his first book, \u003ci\u003eStuv Malmö\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1984, and has since published another dozen works--novels, detective novels, collections of poetry, and books about soccer. Ekelund is also a playwright, and has made two films (with documentary filmmaker Lars Westman), as well as working as a translator specializing in Danish, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984018866477,"sku":"9780374279837","price":28.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/s1a-0i-uSa9780374279837.webp?v=1776081421","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/home-and-away-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}