Ute av verden

novel by Knausgaard

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Ute av verden, published in 1998, is the debut novel by Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard. It was the first debut novel to win the Norwegian Critics' Prize. The novel tells the story of a 30-something teacher who falls in love with one of his 13-year-old students. The title translates to "Out of the World".12

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Karl Ove Knausgaard
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…fame, but his first novel, Ute av verden (1998; “Out of the World”), was masterfully written and became the first debut novel to win the Norwegian Critics’ Prize. The novel, structured in three parts, told the story of a 30-something teacher who falls in love with one of his 13-year-old…
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…fame, but his first novel, Ute av verden (1998; “Out of the World”), was masterfully written and became the first debut novel to win the Norwegian Critics’ Prize. The novel, structured in three parts, told the story of a 30-something teacher who falls in love with one of his 13-year-old…
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