Karl Ove Knausgaard and Stephen Grosz in conversation, May 2014

‘I would rather shoot myself than have therapy. It’s part of growing up in Norway in the 1970s; you don’t cry and you don’t complain’ Karl Ove Knausgaard, Evening Standard In May 2014, the Lutyens & Rubinstein Bookshop arranged for Karl Ove Knausgaard, author of the My Struggle novels, to meet in conversation with Stephen Grosz, author of The Examined Life and renowned psychoanalyst. The two men discuss death, intimacy, art, controversy, Bruce Springsteen and more with riveting candour and insight. Boyhood Island: My Struggle Book 3 and The Examined Life are both published by Vintage and available now. Audio: https://soundcloud.com/vintagebookspodcast/karl-ove-knausgaard-and-stephen-grosz-in-conversation-may-2014 http://vintage-books.co.uk http://twitter.com/vintagebooks http://facebook.com/vintagebooks