Karl Ove Knausgaard’s award-winning debut novel, published in English for the first time.

Out of the World is Karl Ove Knausgaard’s award-winning debut novel.

26-year-old Henrik Vankel works as a teacher in northern Norway. At the school, he becomes infatuated with Miriam. But she is a student in his class.

Out of the World was the first ever debut novel to win the prestigious Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature.