The School of Night

An exciting epic, dark and challenging * Dagsavisen *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 has translated the works of many Scandinavian writers, among them Karl Ove Knausgaard, Helle Helle, Hanne Ørstavik and Olga Ravn. He lives in Denmark.