PositiveThe Star (CA)Dancing in the Dark — like most of Knausgaard’s novels — has the feel of very moving exercises in nostalgia. Knausgaard and his fans would have us believe he is following the arc and detail of his own life. But of course, in this case (like Proust, but not quite as beautifully) the fictional character Knausgaard has invented is himself ... The central conflict in Dancing in the Dark is: will the young Knausgaard ever solve his problem of premature ejaculation? ... Our over-estimation of this very entertaining Norwegian writer has less to say about him than it does about ourselves.
