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Today we move from the Rumi, Karlover Canalsgaard's latest supersized novel, to a room of one's own with the new site-specific album from Moll Historical Society.

Its lyrics provided by authors including Ian Rankin,

Jacqueline Wilson and Sebastian Barry.

But first, the Norwegian writer,

Carlova Canalscar's literary journey,

has been defined both by great length,

his books regularly running to five, six, seven hundred pages,

and an intense focus on the content and textures of everyday life.

His six-part My Struggle sequence, which totals around 3,000 pages, offered readers an unparalleled

immersive dive into his own life, thoughts and feelings. Published and praised all over the

world, it's inspired many other writers to follow in its autophictional footsteps.

Since completing my struggle, Knauscard has written essays reflecting on everything from

football to Flobear, Kierkegaard to Anselm Kiefer. But now he's returned with a new series of novels.

The first, published in English two years ago ago was the Morning Star, which featured nine

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