Shallow Soil

Knausgaard's first major work, Shallow Soil is a novel about the dark, unspoken secrets of an isolated village in late 19th-century rural Norway. It's a story about a man who leaves his family and embarks on an aimless journey in pursuit of his destiny. A modern classic with over 2 million copies sold, this is the story of a man who realizes that his life has been wasted on a worthless pursuit. But to what does he owe this sudden understanding? A new sense of perspective? A moment of clarity? No. The answer is much simpler--he only had to stop and see where he was standing. As he becomes more desperate for answers, he wanders farther and farther away from civilized society.