Knut Hamsun Libros

The story of an elemental existence in rural Norway.

Knut Hamsen remains one of the most important and influential novelists of his time. This volume offers a collection of thirteen essays and stories based largely on Hamsun's experiences during the four years he spent in the US when he was a young man. Most of these pieces have never been published before in an English translation.

The book is a significant work in the genres of Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures, highlighting its historical importance. Alpha Editions has taken care to preserve its legacy by republishing it in a modern format, ensuring clarity and readability through reformatting and redesigning, rather than relying on scanned copies. This effort aims to keep the work accessible for both present and future generations.

First published in 1927, this novel focuses on Edevart, an uprooted young Norwegian who is exposed to the corrupting ways of August, a charming scoundrel whose values threaten the stability of society

INTRODUCTION BY JO NESB� AFTERWORD BY PAUL AUSTER Nineteenth-century Kristiania is an unforgiving place, and work is thin on the ground. Roaming the streets of Norway's capital, a penniless young writer searches for inspiration whilst trying desperately to make ends meet. Driven to extraordinary lengths, sleeping under the stars with his stomach growling, the writer's behaviour becomes increasingly irrational and his world spirals into chaos. Hunger was Knut Hamsun's first novel and earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. A disturbing and darkly humorous masterpiece of existential fiction, Hunger anticipated and influenced some of the twentieth century's most acclaimed writers including Camus, Kafka and Fante.

Mysteries is a classic of European literature, one of the seminal novels of the twentieth century. It is the story of Johan Nagel, a strange young man who arrives to spend a summer in a small Norwegian coastal town. His presence acts as a catalyst for the hidden impulses, concealed thoughts and darker instincts of the local people. Cursed with the ability to understand the human soul, especially his own, Nagel can foresee, but cannot prevent, his own self-destruction.