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The School of Night
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Night and blood were unchanged, night and blood had been with us always. The utterly gripping new novel from the internationally bestselling author of A Death in the Family. Night and blood were unchanged, night and blood had been with us always. In the summer of...
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Night and blood were unchanged, night and blood had been with us always. The utterly gripping new novel from the internationally bestselling author of A Death in the Family.
Night and blood were unchanged, night and blood had been with us always.
In the summer of 1985, Kristian Hadeland leaves his life in Norway behind and moves to London to study photography. Kristian is twenty years old, ruthless and ambitious. He is determined to make his mark, whatever the cost to those around him. A chance meeting with Hans, a Dutch artist obsessed with technology, and Vivian, who is staging Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, will open up new possibilities for Kristian, as he mercilessly pursues his career to the heights of success.
Electrifying, thrilling and confronting, The School of Night is a novel about how art is created and about how human life is destroyed. It is the story of one terrible man's rise and fall, and the forces that surround us all, both the light and the dark.
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
- 'As accessible and creepy as anything by Stephen King and as addictive as your favourite TV drama' Spectator
The School of Night is set in the Morning Star universe.
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ISBN: 9781787304215
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Harvill
Contributors:
- Translated by Martin Aitken
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 40.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 750g
Pages: 464
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Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author) 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 series (The Morning Star, The Wolves of Eternity and The Third Realm) is published in thirty-five languages. Martin Aitken (Translator) Martin Aitken has translated the works of many Scandinavian writers, among them Karl Ove Knausgaard, Helle Helle, Hanne rstavik and Olga Ravn. He lives in Denmark.
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