- Paperback: 104 pages
- Publisher: Digireads.com (Jan 1 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1420931253
- ISBN-13: 978-1420931259
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #289,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"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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"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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Knut Hamsun believed that modern literature should express the complexity of the human mind, nowhere is that philosophy more evident than in this stunning modern masterpiece, "Hunger". It tells the story of an unnamed vagrant who stumbles around the streets of Norway's capital looking for food. Hamsun creates a stunning portrait of poverty and a biting social commentary on modern urban life. We follow the vagrant in the story around the town and discover the true depths of his hunger. Hamsun is at his best in this classic of modern literature.
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All of this happened while I was walking around starving in Christiania-that strange city no one escapes from until it has left its mark on him.... Read the first page
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just a comment.,
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This review is from: Hunger (Paperback)
As a Norwegian who has studied Hamsun, and every debate on his person, I would like to correct some of the facts presented by earlier reviewers.As I would assume the Norwegian sources are a bit more correct than whatever sources you have, I hope this is helpfull. "In real life he was ostracized by his countrymen and the literary community as a result of his radical individualism, and political/social views." No, Hamsun was not ostracized from his countrymen before the war, he was actually looked upon as quita a hero. Which made his downfall much greater when he, during the war, supported the Nazi occupation forces. His social and political views were really not uncommon among his countrymen, nor actually by his fellow authors before the war, even though few were so extreme as he turned out to be. "Yes, Hamsun was a convicted Nazi, friend of Hitler and Goebbels, an advocate of the "pure" race (Jews should be expelled from Europe, Blacks should be returned to Africa), and he applauded German invasion of Norway. Neddless to say, when WWII was over, he dearly paid the price: imprisonment, confiscation, and poverty." Actually, he was no friend of Hitler. Were the reviewer found this "fact" beats the hell out of me. He met Hitler once, and those of us that actually pay attention to the history books know that this meeting was anything but succesfull. And Goebbels? That is simply preposterous! Now Jews, Hamsun never uttered a word against the jews. He actually had several jew friends, and try to find Hamsun critisizing the jews once in all his works (including the articles he wrote for the Nazi occupational newspaper.) Did Knut Hamsun go to jail? No, not exactly. However, he spent some time at a psychiatric institute where he was released and found to have "a unstable psyche" and thus he did not have to go to jail. However, his holdings were confiscated, but he was allowed to live at his farm untill the day he died and was by no means poor. "When he died at the age of 92 (1952) he showed no remorse and helf firmly to his beliefs." That all depends what beliefs you claim he had. Hamsun himself said that he was guilty of betraying his country, but did not know anything about the nazi`s conduct against Norwegian civilians or the holocaust before the war ended. Now, I will not comment on the book. I have not read the english translation and I can not as such review it. The Norwegian version however is a classic, and worth 5 stars, even though it is not; in my opinion, his very best work.
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this is my favorite knut hamsun book. it's raw, real, and everything else that makes a book good. it's an easy read, and i finished it in a day or two.if you ever wanted or dreamt of being a writer, this is a must read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
A gripping novel, but not a masterpiece.,
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This review is from: Hunger (Paperback)
Just finished reading 'Hunger', Hamsuns psychological study. I found the first two parts to be truly masterful, especially PArt II. Felt that Hamsun got a little side-tracked with the introduction of the woman in Part III and that the ending fell flat. Originally, the novel appeared as a "fragment", Part II only, and it does read as if later parts were added or forced onto the narrative. Overall a very compelling read especially considering it was written in 1890. Not quite Doestoevsky, Kafka, or Camus, but close.
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