The Wolves of Eternity

The future is no more, and eternity has begun.It´s 1986 and a nuclear reactor has exploded in Chernobyl. Syvert Løyning returns home from military service to live with his mother and brother on the outskirts of a town in Southern Norway. One night, he dreams of his late father, and can´t shake him from his mind. Searching through his father´s belongings for clues and connections, he finds a cache of letters that lead to the Soviet Union.In presentday Russia, Alevtina is trying to balance work and family. She has always sought the answers to life´s big questions, but is preoccupied with care of her young son. Her friend Vasilisa offers some nourishment: she is writing a book about an ancient feature of Russian culture, the belief in eternal life. Meantime, Alevtina is heading towards a meeting that will redraw the contours of her world.A searching and humane novel, The Wolves of Eternity is an intimate journey into the experiences of a halfbrother and halfsister in their two different yet deeply connected lives. The second novel in Karl Ove Knausgaard´s extraordinary new series, it expands the universe of The Morning Star in the decades before the blazing and mysterious star descends.