The School of Night by Karl Ove Knausgaard
'A damned masterpiece' Sunday Times
'An almost dangerously immersive reading experience that will completely take over your life... utterly captivating' Martin MacInnes, Booker longlisted author of IN ASCENSION
London. 1985. A city rife with possibility and desire. One young man who wants it all.
Kristian Hadeland, newly arrived in the city, seethes with ambition and contempt. His family in Norway never understood him; his fellow photography students bore him. But he knows he and his art are destined for more.
Then he meets Hans, an eccentric Dutch artist. With Hans, the future Kristian yearns for is tangible. All art is possible. Any line can be crossed.
But success comes at a price. And when Kristian does the unthinkable, will he be prepared to pay it?
Electrifying and unflinching, The School of Night is a singular novel about artistic creation and human corruption. It is the story of one terrible man's rise and fall, and a reckoning with the darkest parts of human nature.
'Addictive and eerie' Guardian
‘Engrossing, dark and amusing' Rachel Kushner, Booker shortlisted author of CREATION LAKE
'Mysterious, unsettling, thought provoking, unpredictable and darkly entertaining' Colin Barrett, Booker longlisted author of WILD HOUSES
‘Dark and precise about the underside of human desire and connection. . . painfully funny’ Megan Nolan, author of ACTS OF DESPERATION
PRAISE FOR KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD:
‘Absorbs you utterly’ Sunday Times
‘One of the most genuinely suspenseful, alluring books I’ve ever read’ Brandon Taylor
‘Addictive’ Daily Telegraph
‘Brilliant storytelling . . . Epic’ Independent
'Strikingly humane, unsettling, and wholly unique' Ferdia Lennon
‘As accessible and creepy as anything by Stephen King and as addictive as your favourite TV drama’ Spectator
'One of my literary heroes' Torrey Peters
‘Knausgaard is among the finest writers alive’ New York Times
The School of NIght is a good place to start for anyone who hasn't read Knausgaard before * NRK *
Riveting * Morgenbladet *
A masterpiece * Fædrelandsvennen *
As exciting as a crime story, with surprising twists and an occasional biblical darkness * Dagsavisen *
A rare page-turner..an indisputable triumph and a significant further development of the flexible, unpredictable form the Morning Star series has taken and become... With The School of Night l we are finally approaching just that, a radically new way of writing and thinking about a novel. * Vinduet *
Knausgaard is back: Devilishly dark and at times wildly funny... one of the most completely unsympathetic characters I've encountered between two covers. Knausgaard's ability to paint this personality is unsurpassed... All details, digressions and references are cleverly screwed together, and the result a diabolical heist novel * Dagbladet *
Karl Ove Knausgaard is one of my literary heroes -- Torrey Peters
Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle cycle has been heralded as a masterpiece all over the world. From A Death in the Family to The End, the novels move through childhood into adulthood and, together, form an enthralling portrait of human life. Knausgaard has been awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, the Brage Prize and the Jerusalem Prize. His work, which also includes the Seasons Quartet and the Morning Star sequence (The Morning Star, The Wolves of Eternity, The Third Realm and The School of Night) is published in thirty-six languages.
Martin Aitken (Translator)
Martin Aitken’s translations of Scandinavian fiction are widely published. His work has appeared on the shortlists of the International Booker Prize, the Dublin Literary Award and the US National Book Awards, among other prizes. He received the PEN America Translation Prize in 2019 and, for the first book in the Morning Star cycle, the US National Translation Award in Prose in 2022. He lives in Denmark
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| ISBN 13 | 9781787304208 |
| ISBN 10 | 1787304205 |
| Title | The School of Night |
| Author | Karl Ove Knausgaard |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2025-11-06 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
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