- Published: 28 September 2021
- ISBN: 9781910701720
- Imprint: Harvill Secker
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 688
- RRP: $37.00
The Morning Star
the new novel from the author of My Struggle
- Published: 28 September 2021
- ISBN: 9781910701720
- Imprint: Harvill Secker
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 688
- RRP: $37.00
Knausgaard retains the ability to lock you, as if in a tractor beam, into his storytelling... Knausgaard is among the finest writers alive.
Dwight Garner, New York Times
[Knausgaard] reveals himself to be a surprise master of the uncanny... The storytelling gift that kept readers enthralled by My Struggle remains powerful. Like Stephen King, another inspiration here, Knausgaard stays shoulder-close to his characters... This is a thoughtful, highly readable novel, packed with ideas and exciting flourishes.
Los Angeles Times
A compelling mystery.
Mail on Sunday
The familiar, addictive Knausgaardian evocation of the minutiae of everyday life is still here, but now comes wrapped in a story far pacier and more action-packed than My Struggle.
Daily Telegraph
Knausgaard's sentences, in Martin Aitken's translation, are both plainly direct and lyrically, emotionally elevated . . . Symphonic.
Heidi Julavits, New York Times Book Review
The narrators' stories converge and build towards an unexpected, brilliantly handled and devastating conclusion.
Spectator
Fascinating, provocative... [The Morning Star] recalls the best of My Struggle: that swooping interplay between the general and the specific.
Claire Lowdon, Times Literary Supplement