Marin Mars Book order (chronological)

The dazzling new novel from the internationally bestselling author of My Struggle One long night in August, Arne and Tove are staying with their children in their summer house in southern Norway. Their friend Egil has his own place nearby. 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. It brings with it a mysterious sense of foreboding.Strange things start to happen as nine lives come together under the star. Hundreds of crabs amass on the road as Arne drives at night; Jostein receives a call about a death metal band found brutally murdered in a Satanic ritual; Kathrine conducts a funeral service for a man she met at the airport - but is he actually dead?The Morning Star is about life in all its mundanity and drama, the strangeness that permeates our world, and the darkness in us all. Karl Ove Knausgaard's astonishing new novel, his first after the My Struggle cycle, goes to the utmost limits of freedom and chaos, to what happens when forces beyond our comprehension are unleashed, and the realms of the living and the dead collide.

Jokum voelt zich nergens thuis, behalve bij zijn onafscheidelijke magneet waarvan hij denkt dat het ding geluk aantrekt. De liefde leert hij kennen als de hamster van zijn huisgenote Synne sterft en hij probeert om met zijn magneet het beestje tot leven te wekken. Het stel trekt naar San Francisco, waar de doortastende Synne Jokums fotografiecarrière gestalte geeft en hij alles doet om haar ambities waar te maken. Jokum noemt zichzelf geen fotograaf of kunstenaar, hij legt ‘dingen’ vast. Dingen die tegen hem praten en om zijn loyaliteit vragen. Voor Jokum schept ‘het ding’ orde in een chaotische wereld. In Magneet geeft Lars Saabye Christensen luchtig maar vlijmscherp commentaar op de tijdgeest, de mythes rond het kunstenaarschap en de gangbare ideologieën.

I refuse to compromise. I refuse to forgive. I refuse to forget. The major new novel from the author of Out Stealing Horses. 'Tommy. How long have we been friends.' 'All of our lives,' Tommy said. 'I can't remember us ever not being friends. When would that have been.' Jim said. 'I think it could last the rest of our lives,' he said carefully, in a low voice. 'Don't you think.' 'It will last if we want it to. It depends on us. We can be friends for as long as we want to.' Tommy's mother has gone. She walked out into the snow one night, leaving him and his sisters with their violent father. Without his best friend Jim, Tommy would be in trouble. But Jim has challenges of his own which will disrupt their precious friendship. A TLS and Guardian Book of the Year