The Wolves of Eternity

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It’s not a conventional sequel; plot-wise, the only link is the late emergence of the “Morning Star”.

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It tells the story of two half-siblings: Syvert, who, when the novel begins in 1986, is 19 and living near Bergen with his mother and younger brother, Joar; and Alevtina, a Russian biologist and single parent whose principal academic interest is in plant consciousness. Så för att sammanfatta: Djup, intressanta personporträtt, bitvis läbbig stämning (BURR för dunkandet i cisternerna mot slutet! Det är främst två personer som står i centrum; den irriterande Syvert som på påminner mig om den unge Knausgård (fotboll, fylla, flickor, musik, onani, oklara framtidsplaner, lurad av journalist, saknar självinsikt, flyter ovanpå). When I read their books, I often get this strange, nonsensical feeling that this is the point and purpose of my consciousness.Jag fastnar extra mycket för på vilket sätt han skildrar hur en förälder inte syns - och inte ska synas – förrän den saknas. Then, just as I was changing targets, I heard a car come up from the road and went round to the front of the barn to let Mum know where I was. With middle-age approaching and her ambitions waning, Alevtina decides to finally look into her biological father, learning that he died many years ago, leaving two sons. Knausgaard’s first novel, Out of the World, was the first ever debut novel to win the Norwegian Critics’ Prize and his second, A Time for Everything, was widely acclaimed. He also gets into mischief with his old football friends, falls in love, and takes a job as an undertaker.

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Der Unfall in Tschernobyl, die Leiden eines jungen Erwachsenen, die Trostlosigkeit der abgeschiedenen Dörfern.The Wolves of Eternity, like some 19th-century Russian novel, wrestles with the great contraries: the materialist.

Book Review: ‘The Wolves of Eternity,’ by Karl Ove Knausgaard

Der Morgenstjernen holdt meg i et grep av uro og undring, er denne frittstående oppfølgeren mer rett frem.There are forays into shamanism, cryogenics and medical rejuvenation (think of tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson, recently much in the news), as well as attempts to reverse death (if you’ve ever wanted to see a decollated dog licking its chops, know that Sergei Brukhonenko’s “Experiments in the Revival of Organisms” is available to view in its entirety on Wikipedia). But while some light is cast in “Wolves” on the nature of the coming apocalypse, it’s less like we’re rushing than slouching toward Revelation. Jag tyckte Vasjas utläggning om återuppståndelse och rysk kosmism var spännande och band ihop boken på ett snyggt sätt.