By KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD. Translated by DON BARTLETT.
Reviewed by JEFFREY EUGENIDES
Jeffrey Eugenides reviews Karl Ove Knausgaard's "My Struggle: Book 4," which centers on the author's yearlong stint as a sexually frustrated young teacher in northern Norway.
By PER PETTERSON. Translated by DON BARTLETT.
Reviewed by HARRIET LANE
Per Petterson's new novel is about lost parents and the unexpectedly divergent paths of childhood friends who meet again as adults.
By ASNE SEIERSTAD. Translated by SARAH DEATH.
Reviewed by ERIC SCHLOSSER
"One of Us" explores a dark side of contemporary Scandinavia through the life and crimes of Anders Behring Breivik, a mass murderer who killed 77 people, most of them teenagers.
The author, most recently, of "All the Old Knives" says the best espionage stories "not only ask questions about how spying is performed, but they also question the value of the job itself."
By SOFKA ZINOVIEFF
Reviewed by MIRANDA SEYMOUR
In the 1930s and '40s, a resplendent English estate was the home of a most unconventional family.
By DAVID BROOKS
Reviewed by PICO IYER
David Brooks contrasts marketplace skills and the drive toward self-promotion with inner character.
By EVAN THOMAS
Two books about the internment of Japanese- (and sometimes German-) Americans during World War II.
By ADAM THIRLWELL
Reviewed by ANDREW ERVIN
A loafer lapses into a hedonistic, drug-hazed life.
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