Knut Hamsun

• 1890
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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Originally published in 1890, this classic of modern literature follows an impoverished Norwegian writer through the streets of Christiania (now Olso) as he struggles on the edge of starvation. Existin...

• 1917
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A grand, sweeping saga of sacrifice and struggle, this epic tale recaptures the world of Norwegian homesteaders at the turn of the twentieth century. Isak and Inger, an idealistic young couple, reject modern society to raise their family on a back co...

• Jan-1956
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The Nobel Prize winner’s lyrical and disturbing portrait of love and the dark recesses of the human psycheA Penguin Classic A lone hunter accompanied only by his faithful dog, Aesop, Thomas Glahn roams Norway’s northernmost wilds. Living out of a...

• Jun-1969
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The Nobel Prize winner’s poetic, psychologically intense portrayal of love’s predicament in a class-bound societyA Penguin Classic  Set in a coastal village of late nineteenth-century Norway, Victoria follows two lovers whose yearnings are a...

• Jul-1978
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Gossip and suspicions concerning the citizens of a small Norwegian coastal town center on Oliver Andersen, his wife, and the large family they raise despite his having been flattened by a barrel of whale oil...

• Apr-1981
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In this Norwegian saga of restlessness, Hamsun presents young Edevart, a headstrong boy ill at ease with books, but fiercely self-determined and eager to escape his poor village of Polden. He becomes a close friend of August, a man-orphan, rootless, ...

• Jun-1990
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The first complete English translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s literary masterpiece A Penguin Classic Mysteries is the story of Johan Nilsen Nagel, a mysterious stranger who suddenly turns up in a small Norwegian town one summer -- and jus...

• Jun-1996
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Ove Rolandsen, the telegraph operator in an isolated fishing village in northern Norway, is a man of sudden passions, a cheerful rogue fond of girls and alcohol. He constantly hatches ambitious schemes to the despair of his fiancée, Marie, housekeep...

• Oct-2000
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It looks to be a fine year for berries, yes; whortleberries, crowberries, and fintocks. A man can't live on berries; true enough. But it is good to have them growing all about, and a kindly thing to see. And many a thirsty and hungry man's been glad ...

• Jul-2002
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Published in Norway in 1912, The Last Joy (Den Siste Glaede) appears at an important transition point in Hamsun’s career, as he moved any from his intense observations of individual characters to focus on a broader canvas of small town and farm ...

• Apr-2007
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Twenty stories ranging over every imaginable human emotion and situation, Tales of Love and Loss is a treat for all lovers of great writing. Knut Hamsun published only three collections of short stories during his lifetime and abandoned the for...

• Jul-2010
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The Ring is Closed combines a central character as iconoclastic as that of Hunger with an evocation of the limitations of small-town life to equal Mysteries. Abel is the only son of a miserly lighthouse-keeper, after falling in love he leaves his lif...

• Nov-2011
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Nobel Prize-winning author Knut Hamsun is at his best in this early novel, reprinted from the Sun & Moon edition. This popular book, described as an important transitional work in Hamsun’s career, received rave reviews upon its original English-...

• May-2012
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• Dec-2013
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The third generation now guides the destiny of Jensen's great store in Segelfoss. Originally founded by one Per Jensen, dubbed Per paa Bua, it continued under the direction of his son Theodore, also paa Bua, who traded far and wide, stood forth as a ...

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According to Wikipedia: "Knut Hamsun (August 4, 1859 â€" February 19, 1952) was a a Norwegian author. He was praised by King Haakon VII of Norway as Norway's soul.[1] In 1920, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the epic Growth of the So...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

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This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic reade...