Hunger - Softcover
Knut Hamsun was a major Norwegian author who received the Noble Prize for Literature for his novel Growth of the Soil in 1920. Hamsun writing makes excellent use of symbolism. Hamsun saw man and nature united in a strong bond that could almost be considered mystical. Hunger was an autobiographical novel published in 1890. The story centers around a poor young writer who is driven to the edge of self-destruction by outside forces, Hamsun does an excellent job of telling this young man's story through his eloquent literary style
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About the Author:
Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) was a Norwegian author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature whose best-known worsk include Hunger, Pan, and Growth of the Soil.
Review:
"Something new is happening here, some new thought about the nature of art is being proposed in "Hunger," An art that is indistinguishable from the life of the artist who makes it . . . an art that is the direct expression of the effort to express itself." --Paul Auster (from his introduction)"The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun. They were all Hansun's disciples: Thomas Mann and Arthur Schnitzler . . . and even such American writers as Fitzgerald and Hemingway." --Isaac Bashevis Singer"After reading "Hunger," one can easily understand why Hamsun was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. "Hunger "should appeal to any reader who is interested in a masterpiece by one of this century's great novelists." --James Goldwasser, "Detroit News"
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- PublisherStandard Pubns Inc
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1604248556
- ISBN 13 9781604248555
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages168
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