Knut Hamsun
Author
Publisher
Souvenir Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (352 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Featuring an iconoclastic hero who refuses to accept the standards of his society, this novel is one of the Nobel Prize-winner's greatest works. The only son of a miserly lighthouse-keeper and an alcoholic mother, Abel grows up in a remote Norwegian village then travels around the United States. Upon returning from America as a young man, Abel falls in love with his longtime acquaintance Olga, the pharmacist's daughter. Haunted by the secrets of...
Author
Publisher
Souvenir Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (224 pages)
Language
English
Description
"These 20 short stories are fascinating companions to Hamsun's classic novels and contain echoes of the greater works he would later write and for which he was ultimately awarded the Nobel Prize. Alive with humor, melancholy, tenderness, and lawlessness, as well as sparkling with psychological insights, these stories have never been published in the United States until now."--