The Wolves of Eternity

The future is no more, and eternity has begun. It''s 1986 and a nuclear reactor has exploded in Chernobyl. Syvert Loyning returns home from military service to live with his mother and brother on the outskirts of a town in Southern Norway. One night, he dreams of his late father, and can''t shake him from his mind. Searching through his father''s belongings for clues and connections, he finds a cache of letters that lead to the Soviet Union. In present-day Russia, Alevtina is trying to balance work and family. She has always sought the answers to life''s big questions, but is preoccupied with care of her young son. Her friend Vasilisa offers some nourishment: she is writing a book about an ancient feature of Russian culture, the belief in eternal life. Meantime, Alevtina is heading towards a meeting that will redraw the contours of her world. A searching and humane novel, The Wolves of Eternity is an intimate journey into the experiences of a half-brother and half-sister in their two different - yet deeply connected - lives. The second novel in Karl Ove Knausgaard''s extraordinary new series, it expands the universe of The Morning Star in the decades before the blazing and mysterious star descends.

About the 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 has translated the works of many Scandinavian writers, among them Karl Ove Knausgaard, Helle Helle, Hanne Ørstavik and Olga Ravn. He lives in Denmark.

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Knausgaard is among the finest writers alive. New York Times

Product details

• Authors: Karl Ove Knausgaard, Knausgaard Karl Ove, Karl Ove Knausgard, Karl Ove Knausgård
• Assisted by: Martin Aitken (Translation), Aitken Martin (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.10.2024
• EAN: 9781529920581
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-2058-1
• No. of pages: 800
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Series: The Morning Star; Morgenstern-Reihe / The Morning Star
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Russia, FICTION / Family Life / Siblings, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Visionary & Metaphysical, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Nuclear issues, USSR, Soviet Union, c 1980 to c 1989, FICTION / World Literature / Norway, Southern Norway (Sørlandet), Metaphysical / philosophical fiction