The Morning Star - The compulsive new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author
Verlag | Random House UK |
Auflage | 2022 |
Seiten | 688 |
Format | 13,0 x 4,0 x 19,9 cm |
B-format paperback | |
Gewicht | 500 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Morgenstern-Reihe / The Morning Star 1 |
EAN | 9781784703301 |
Bestell-Nr | 78470330UA |
Knausgaard's first work of fiction since the groundbreaking MY STRUGGLE novels were published in Norway between 2009-2011. THE MORNING STAR is a novel about what we do not understand, about great drama seen through the ordinary lens of life. But first and foremost, it is a novel about what happens when the dark forces in the world are set free.
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'I read The Morning Star compulsively and stayed awake all night after finishing it' Brandon Taylor
Nine lives will be forever changed . . .
One long night in August, Arne and Tove are staying with their children in their summer house in southern Norway. Kathrine, a priest, is flying home from a Bible seminar, questioning her marriage. Journalist Jostein is out drinking for the night, while his wife, Turid, a nurse at a psychiatric care unit, is on a nightshift when one of her patients escapes.
Above them all, a huge star suddenly appears blazing in the sky, and so begins a series of mysterious events. For these six, and three others, life is about to become ever more surprising and unruly...
'Brilliant storytelling' Independent
'Addictive' Daily Telegraph
'Captivating' Observer