The School of Night

Karl Ove Knausgaard, Martin Aitken

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Norwegian

Harvill
06 November 2025

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fiction in translation

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

' An

almost dangerously immersive reading experience that will completely take over your life. . . by turns bleak, funny and horrifying, but never less than utterly captivating' Martin MacInnes, Booker longlisted author of IN ASCENSION

London. 1985. A city rife with possibility and desire. One young man who wants it all.

Kristian Hadeland, newly arrived in the city, seethes with ambition and contempt. His family in Norway never understood him; his fellow photography students bore him. But he knows he and his art are destined for more.

Then he meets Hans, an eccentric Dutch artist. With Hans, the future Kristian yearns for is tangible. All art is possible. Any line can be crossed.

But success comes at a price. And when Kristian does the unthinkable, will he be prepared to pay it?

Electrifying and unflinching, The School of Night is a singular novel about artistic creation and human corruption. It is the story of one terrible man's rise and fall, and a reckoning with the darkest parts of human nature.

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 'Knausgaard is among the finest writers alive'' New York Times

The School of Night is set in the Morning Star universe.

By: Karl Ove Knausgaard
Translated by: Martin Aitken
Imprint: Harvill
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 44mm
Weight: 746g
ISBN: 9781787304208
ISBN 10: 1787304205
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 06 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 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 rstavik and Olga Ravn. He lives in Denmark.

Reviews for The School of Night

Inspired...a damn masterpiece * The Times * Knausgaard has always been brilliant on families and the domestic.... But in combining this with elements of genre and even pulp fiction - crime-thriller, horror and the occult - he has unleashed something entirely new, an antic and almost dangerously immersive reading experience that will completely take over your life. * Martin MacInnes, author of IN ASCENSION * Knausgaard has surpassed even his phenomenally high standards with his latest novel. This dark and macabre offering is incredibly addictive… an intense but hugely rewarding read * Daily Telegraph * This dark and macabre offering is one of the most incredibly addictive books I’ve ever read… an intense but hugely rewarding read * UK Press Syndication * Ingenious...engrossing...a remarkable addition to an exciting and disturbing series * Publishers Weekly * Sinister and surreal...A parable of ambition , told with epic heft - and a decent place to start if you've been curious about this writer but never read yet him . * Daily Mail * The School Of Night is another startling, gripping entry in Karl Ove Knausgaard's Morning Star series. I love spending time in this ripe, mysterious, unsettling, thought provoking, unpredictable and darkly entertaining world Knausgaard is in the process of creating. -- Colin Barrett, Booker longlisted author of WILD HOUSES The School of NIght is a good place to start for anyone who hasn't read Knausgaard before * NRK * Karl Ove Knausgaard is one of my literary heroes -- Torrey Peters A deeply strange, polyphonic gothic novel with echoes of Bram Stoker. . . conjures a fictive world that is at once strikingly humane, unsettling, and wholly unique -- Ferdia Lennon on THE THIRD REALM