What happens when man gets rid of all morality and revolves only around himself? About the forces that shape us, both dark and light. A tiny island off the Norwegian coast: Kristian Hadeland, a successful artist with a career in London and an upcoming retrospective at the MoMA in New York, has retired to seclusion. He wants to end his life. 'Death and transience' was the great theme of his photographic work, with which he defied all rules and caused a sensation in the art world. For this fame, he entered into a Faustian covenant. Now he stands in front of the ruins of a ruthless life and asks for redemption. Possibly in vain. Karl Ove Knausgård's latest novel 'The School of the Night' is part of the large-scale Morgenstern series, which delights readers and critics all over the world. The starting point is the sudden appearance of a new star in the sky, which releases sinister powers, breaks all physical rules and throws people back to their innermost being.