Autumn (Seasons Quartet #1) by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Vanessa Baird (Illustrator), Ingwild Burkey (Translator); 2017. Hardcover.

From the author of the My Struggle series, Karl Ove Knausgaard, comes the first in a new autobiographical quartet based on the four seasons, Autumn. Autumn begins with a letter Karl Ove Knausgaard writes to his unborn daughter, showing her what to expect of the world. He writes one short piece per day, describing the material and natural world with the precision and mesmerising intensity that have become his trademark. He describes with acute sensitivity daily life with his wife and children in rural Sweden, drawing upon memories of his own childhood to give an inimitably tender perspective on the precious and unique bond between parent and child. The sun, wasps, jellyfish, eyes, lice--the stuff of everyday life is the fodder for his art. Nothing is too small or too vast to escape his attention.

This beautifully illustrated book is a personal encyclopaedia on everything from chewing gum to the stars. Through close observation of the objects and phenomena around him, Knausgaard shows us how vast, unknowable and wondrous the world is.