Hunger: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (573 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1452601712 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 492 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has recorded over one hundred and fifty audiobooks. . 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.Kevin Foley has over thirty years' experience in radio and television broadcasting, commercial voice-ove
D. Scott said Bukowski's Cathedral. I picked up Hunger because I am a fan of Charles Bukowski's writing, and he mentions several times in his works that Knut Hamsun is his favorite author. After finishing Hunger, I understand why - its main character is very real, intensely psychological, living through what he must, learning what he has to learn to heal some broken part of himself. I no. Excellent novel, incompetent translation RSS This translation is absolute garbage. Hamsun's rich language and unforgettable style have been washed away to make for an easier read. Nuances are erased and sentences made bland, time is distorted -- readers ignorant of the original are being robbed. This, like the Sverre Lyngstad translation, is a disgrace. I could translate better than this myself. . Cheryl Anne @ Twisted Knickers said An Inspiring Read. There is not much more that I could say that hasn't already been said about this book. Hamsun firmly believed in "unselfish inwardness" when constructing a character. This is not to be confused with over-exposure, as his unselfish approach gives the reader more insight into the character's mind and methodologies, their weaknesses and strengths, hopes,
"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
Loosely based on the author's own experiences prior to becoming a successful writer, Hunger announced the arrival of a new kind of novel and heavily influenced such later writers as Kafka and Camus. As the protagonist loses his grip on reality, Hamsun brilliantly portrays the disturbing and irrational recesses of the human mind through increasingly disjointed and urgent prose. The story of a struggling artist living on the edge of starvation, the novel portrays the unnamed first-person narrator's descent into paranoia, despair, and madness as hunger overtakes him. Knut Hamsun's Hunger, first published in 1890 and hailed as the literary beginning of the twentieth century, is a masterpiece of psychologically driven fiction. This edition is the translation by George Egerton.