THE WOLVES OF ETERNITY - Rare Pristine Autographed Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Magnificently Signed by Karl Ove Knausgaard - VINTAGE, FULL SIGNATURE

Knausgaard, Karl Ove (Translated by Martin Aitken)

ISBN 10: 1787303357 / ISBN 13: 9781787303355

Published by London, England: Harvill Secker, 2023, 2023

About this Item

1st Printing. Signed. 790 pages. Published in 2023. The second volume - thematically, not explicitly stated as such - of the author's new multi-novel sequence. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a regular first print run as a hardcover original only. "Signed Copy" round black sticker pasted in front. Presents Karl Ove Knausgaard's "Ulvene fra evighetens skog" in a felicitous English translation. Knausgaard channels Dostoevsky. He "wrestles with the great contraries: The materialist view and the religious, the world as cosmic accident versus the embodiment of some radiant intention. Is this world shot through with meaning or not? Has there ever been a better time to ask?" (Sven Birkerts). "A sprawling and deeply human novel that questions the responsibilities we have toward one another and ourselves - and the limits of what we can understand about life itself. Set against the political and cultural backdrop of the 1980's and the present day, 'The Wolves of Eternity' is an expansive and affecting book about our relation to one another, to nature, and to the dead" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Karl Ove Knausgaard collectors. This Autographed Copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Karl Ove Knausgaard. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Even more important, Knausgaard's signature on this copy is one of the best we have ever seen, as he signed in full. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of very few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (British) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Extreme demand and time constraint have made Knausgaard resort to an Ondaatje-like swirl of a signature. Copies signed in this drastically abbreviated way have no collectible value. A rare signed copy thus. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1787303357.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE WOLVES OF ETERNITY - Rare Pristine Autographed Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Magnificently Signed by Karl Ove Knausgaard - VINTAGE, FULL SIGNATURE
• Publisher: London, England: Harvill Secker, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787303357
• ISBN 13: 9781787303355
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

The future is no more, and eternity has begun. >/b>

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 present-day 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 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 half-brother and half-sister 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.