He paints the village,
leaving out objects that were --
not there in his youth.
Hij schildert het dorp,	Er malt das Dorf, lässt
en laat daarbij weg wat er --	dabei aus, was nicht da war --
in zijn jeugd niet was.	in seiner Jugend.

Poem H6283
Amsterdam, 2026-05-24
Winter (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om vinteren", part 2, chapter 'January', § 'Nikolai Astrup' - April 2012, Jølster (Easter holidays)
Collection: Writing
Keywords: Past: stories, Memory: of places 
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove; Astrup, Nikolai