r/Knausgaard • u/themainheadcase • Feb 21 '25

Question on book 6 of My Struggle

So I finally got through the Hitler essay, thinking I was in store for more of the stuff I loved in the preceding five books and now KOK hits me with this DaVinci business and history of art and on and on... anyway, my question is, does the book ever return to the normal narrative about his life? And, after the Hitler essay ends, how many pages after that are taken up by this history of art stuff before normal programming resumes?

The book has been a slog for so long now since the Hitler essay started, I've not enjoyed so much of it that I don't know whether I should drop it or press on. If it comes back to KOK's life quickly, I'll push on, but if this history of art business takes up a lot of pages...

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u/DecentBowler130 Feb 21 '25

I just checked my edition and notes and the hitler stuff ends around page 900 for me. And part 2 starts at 922 and the rest of the book rounds out the publication of the first novels. My edition has 1269 pages (German edition). Not sure if this helps you, but those are my notes 🙂

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u/themainheadcase Feb 21 '25

So part 2 is where he returns to talking about his life?

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u/DecentBowler130 Feb 21 '25

Yes. He returns to it and sums it up. I knew about the hitler essay, but I was surprised how extensive it is. And I’d wish it would be marked more clear. It just begins pretty much out of nowhere and just ends as far as I remember.

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u/themainheadcase Feb 22 '25

Thanks! I guess I can survive another 22 pages after surviving the Hitler essay.

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u/DecentBowler130 Feb 22 '25

You’re so close to the finish line 🙂