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The School of Night

Karl Ove Knausgaard • Translated from the Norwegian by Martin Aitken • Novel • Penguin Press paperback • September 15, 2026

London, 1985. Kristian Hadeland, a photography student who is sure he is destined for more, meets an eccentric Dutch artist who can get him there, as long as he will sacrifice everything. Twenty-four years later New York throws him a retrospective, and the bill comes due. Knausgaard's Doctor Faustus, with darkrooms.

Never read Knausgaard because My Struggle looked like homework? This is the door in: one man, one deal with the devil, and a paperback that came out September 15. A finalist for the 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

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