A family of four – mother, father and two boys – move to Sorland, to a new house on a new estate. It is the early 1970s, the children are small, the parents young and the future open. But at some point that future happens to them; at some point the future closes....

Karl Ove Knausgaard leaves his wife and everything he knows in Oslo for a fresh start in Stockholm. There he strikes up a deep and competitive friendship with Geir and pursues Linda, a beautiful poet who captivated him years ago....

An electrifying honest and autobiographical love story from the international sensation and bestseller, Karl Ove Knausgaard Karl Ove Knausgaard leaves his wife and everything he knows in Oslo for a fresh start in Stockholm....