The Third Realm

The Morning Star kept readers up all night, immersed with nine characters whose individual lives are heightened by the sudden appearance of a blazing new star. The Wolves of Eternity, set between Norway and Russia, is an intimate journey into the experiences of two estranged half-siblings in the decades before the star rises. Now, in The Third Realm , the effects of the star are felt around the world, as people start to reckon with what it might possibly mean. Shapeshifting visitors, unsolved murders in the forest, black metal bands and an online bank of thousands of people''s dreams - the star is back, and the limitless scale and ambition of Karl Ove''s new universe is clear. This is life, death, the human condition, and the opportunity to bring readers in on the real-time creation of an epic and utterly immersive world.

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext
'Ferociously readable. . . I still can't get enough' The Times

If no one ever died, what would happen then?

For several days, a bright new star in the sky above Norway has blazed over the restless lives of those below. Tove, an artist, is consumed by intense creativity as she spirals towards psychosis. Line falls in love with a musician named Valdemar and is lured to a secret death metal gig in a remote forest. Geir, a policeman, is investigating a ritual murder but chances upon something more horrifying even than the bodies in the trees - the last bodies he sees, because, as undertaker Syvert is the first to realise, people have stopped dying since the star appeared.

What is haunting the world - and why?

As profound as it is thrilling, Karl Ove Knausgaard's The Third Realm is a breathtaking novel about ordinary lives on the cusp of irrevocable change.

The Third Realm is set in the Morning Star universe.

PRAISE FOR THE THIRD REALM

'A visionary epic. . . an exemplary masterclass in what fiction can offer' Guardian

'One of the most genuinely suspenseful, alluring books I've ever read. . . This book made me afraid of the dark again.' Brandon Taylor, Washington Post

'Unsettling, disturbing and riveting. . . as accessible and creepy as anything by Stephen King and as addictive as your favourite TV drama series. There is no writer I would rather devour' Spectator
PRAISE FOR KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD:

'Addictive' Daily Telegraph

*'Knausgaard retains the ability to lock you, as if in a tractor beam, into his storytelling' New York Times*

'Casts an existential spell. . . captivating' Financial Times**

Zusammenfassung
I still can't get enough...The compulsion to keep reading springs from the author's ability to transcribe patterns of thinking. His faith that access to other people's consciousness might make us feel less alone remains a profound - and distinctly literary - conviction The Times