Mysteries
Knut Hamsun was born in 1859 in Norway and after a period of travel he published his first successful novel, Hunger, in 1890. It became a sensation and as Isaac Bashevis Singer commented "the whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun." He was awarded the Nobel...
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Knut Hamsun was born in 1859 in Norway and after a period of travel he published his first successful novel, Hunger, in 1890. It became a sensation and as Isaac Bashevis Singer commented "the whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun." He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1920 and died in 1952.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780285647299 (0285647296)
Publisher: Souvenir Press
Pages no: 340
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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