Mysteries
In a Norwegian coastal town, society's carefully woven threads begin to unravel when an unsettling stranger named Johan Nagel arrives. With an often brutal insight into human nature, Nagel draws out the townsfolk, exposing their darkest instincts and suppressed desires. At once arrogant and...
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In a Norwegian coastal town, society's carefully woven threads begin to unravel when an unsettling stranger named Johan Nagel arrives. With an often brutal insight into human nature, Nagel draws out the townsfolk, exposing their darkest instincts and suppressed desires. At once arrogant and unassuming, righteous and depraved, Nagel seduces the entire community even as he turns it on its head--before disappearing as suddenly as he arrived.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780374530297 (0374530297)
Publish date: August 8th 2006
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 368
Edition language: Norwegian
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Literary Fiction,
Mystery,
19th Century,
Modern,
Psychology,
Nobel Prize,
Scandinavian Literature
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction & NotesSuggestions for Further ReadingTranslator's Note--MysteriesExplanatory NotesTextual Notes
It's a book you need to set aside time for. I think those who like Updike and Bellow will really dig this.
My copy of this book heaps extravagant praise on Hamsun and I began reading with my skeptical faculties on full alert (because there's usually an inverse relationship between the height of the heap of praise and the quality of the book). But this time the accolades are justified.Hamsun, like Ibsen a...
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