So Much Longing in So Little Space: The Art of Edvard Munch

Karl Ove Knausgaard

Mar 2019 · Highbridge Audio · Narrated by Matthew Waterson

About this audiobook

A brilliant and personal examination by sensational and bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard of his Norwegian compatriot Edvard Munch, the famed artist best known for his iconic painting The Scream In So Much Longing in So Little Space, Karl Ove Knausgaard sets out to understand the enduring and awesome power of Edvard Munch's work by training his gaze on the landscapes that inspired Munch and speaking firsthand with other contemporary artists, including Anselm Kiefer, for whom Munch's legacy looms large. Bringing together art history, biography, and memoir, Knausgaard tells a passionate, freewheeling, and pensive story about not just one of history's most significant painters, but the very meaning of choosing the artist's life, as he himself has done. This utterly original and ardent work of criticism will delight and educate both experts and novices of literature and the visual arts alike.

About the author

Karl Ove Knausgaard's first novel, Out of the World, was the first-ever debut novel to win the Norwegian Critics' Prize and his second, A Time for Everything, was widely acclaimed. The first volume of Knausgaard's My Struggle cycle of novels was awarded the prestigious Brage Prize.

Matthew Waterson has been fortunate enough to narrate books on subjects as varied as the history of South Africa, the current state of FIFA, and mysteries and dramas. He can also be heard on many video games, the Netflix series Trollhunters, and on the radio for companies such as Twinings Tea and Frank's Red Hot Sauce.