Copyright, So Much Longing in So Little Space

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Originally published under the title Så mye lengsel på så liten flate. En bok om Edvard Munchs bilder in Norway by Forlaget Oktober in 2017.

This book was published with the financial assistance of NORLA (Norwegian Literature Abroad).

This book was written following Karl Ove Knausgaard’s collaboration with the Munch Museum on the exhibition Towards the Forest – Knausgaard on Munch, Oslo, May 6–October 8 2017.

Credits for paintings appear on this page.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Names: Knausgêard, Karl Ove, 1968- author. | Burkey, Ingvild, 1967–translator.

Title: So much longing in so little space : the art of Edvard Munch / Karl Ove Knausgaard ; translated from the Norwegian by Ingvild Burkey.

Other titles: Sêa mye lengsel pêa sêa liten flate. English

Description: London : Harvill Secker ; New York : Penguin Books, 2019.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018057501 (print) | LCCN 2018058011 (ebook) | ISBN 9780525504900 (ebook) | ISBN 9780143133131 (paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Munch, Edvard, 1863–1944--Criticism and interpretation. | BISAC: ART / Individual Artists / General. | ART / Criticism & Theory. | LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian.

Classification: LCC ND773.M8 (ebook) | LCC ND773.M8 K6313 2019 (print) | DDC 759.81--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018057501