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by Knut Hamsun, George Egerton

To Read Is to Fly rated it

13 years ago

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Wow. That was powerful. I have to write a lot of reviews this weekend - this will be one of them.I find it ironic that I read this while the RNC circus is going on in FL. I wish I could force everyone there to read this book and live it. just for a short while.

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UNICORN PORN FOR ALL rated it

13 years ago

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I'm not actually gonna read this. What I'm gonna do is buy it and next time a homeless guy asks me for change I'll be like "Here, I bet you'll really like this book."

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tien rated it

13 years ago

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I'm really not sure what I'm supposed to think; suffice to say that there were plenty crazyness in this book. As title tells, this book is about hunger.The narrator (I don't think his true name was told) is a poor man. He is unemployed yet loves to write and sometimes sells his piece of writing. ...

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elisas8 rated it

14 years ago

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this didn't read like it was written in 1890 (although that could be the newer translation) and is certainly apt today. great descriptions of gnawing hunger and what starvation does to your mind.

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Chew & Digest Books rated it

14 years ago

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The ending was a disappointment.

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A little tea, a little chat rated it

15 years ago

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I don't understand why anybody would be surprised that this guy could be a Nazi.Super easy to read, a few hours, no more. The guy understood that a one-idea book with no plot has to be short. I don't mean that to be deprecating. It's gripping, on the edge-of-your-seat-stuff. Well, I read it on the b...

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