“Ulvetid, stormtid til verden ender”

Abstract

This article explores how Karl Ove Knausgård, in his ongoing Morning Star-series (2020-), incorporates a planetary perspective on the consequences of the climate crisis. Within his series, he introduces a time where no one dies, prompting reflections on the reasons behind morality and the potentialchallenges to Earth's ecosystem if death were to disappear or if humans lived significantly longer. The narrative adopts an estranged perspective to shed light on tendencies in our current society that may contribute to the climate catastrophe, highlighting mankind's role as a destructive geological force.