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The Morning Star

The compulsive new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Karl Ove Knausgaard author Martin Aitken translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:29th Sep '22

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Experience a major new literary universe in the making

'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

ISBN: 9781784703301

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 38mm

Weight: 503g

688 pages