Stig Saeterbakken

Seán Kinsella

Drawing on fantasy and nightmare, Through the Night is a philosophical horror story charting the madness of a father whose son has committed suicide. Dentist Karl Meyer’s worst nightmare comes true when his son, Ole-Jakob, takes his own life. This tragedy is the springboard for a complex novel posing essential questions about human experience: What does sorrow do to a person? How can one live with the pain of unbearable loss? How far can a man be driven by the grief and despair surrounding the death of a child? A dark and harrowing story, drawing on elements from dreams, fairy tales, and horror stories, the better to explore the mysterious depths of sorrow and love, Through the Night is Stig Sæterbakken at his best.

Through the Night

Feeling unable to communicate with his adult daughter, Andreas Feldt shocks her by announcing, on a whim, that he is getting divorced, and finds his life returning to one of loneliness and invisibility.

Seán Kinsella

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