William Pierce

With length and the narrative equivalent of patience, with a discovery of grandeur in the common surroundings and a structural insistence that everything is significant, Knausgaard infuses the ordinary with the epic.

Biography & Autobiography

Fiction

Reality Hunger: The Six Books of Karl Ove Knausgaard, Part III

I take Karl Ove to be one of many specters of the author. I'd say the same thing about the characters in just about every book I love.

Reality Hunger: The Six Books of Karl Ove Knausgaard, Part II

He came across as modest, thoughtful — full of hurt and humor. I was as drawn to the man as I'd been to Book One.

William Pierce

William Pierce’s fiction has appeared in Granta, Ecotone, and elsewhere. He is senior editor of AGNI at Boston University.

Articles

Reality Hunger: The Six Books of Karl Ove Knausgaard, Part III

Reality Hunger: The Six Books of Karl Ove Knausgaard, Part II

Reality Hunger: The Six Books of Karl Ove Knausgaard, Part I