Knut Hamsun

Główny bohater – literat, którego imienia czytelnik nie poznaje – przemierza ulice, parki, cmentarze i rozmaite zaułki dziewiętnastowiecznej Christianii. Nie może znaleźć stałej pracy, zalega z czynszem. Nie je od kilku dni, ledwo trzyma się na...

Growth of the Soil (Markens Grøde) is the novel by Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. The essential elements of this novel are expressed in the words of the English translator W.W. Worster in his footnote...

Verging on death, a starving, destitute writer navigates the cold and indifferent city of Kristiania in search of his next meal. Frenzied and fevered, he chews on stale bread, devours scraps of wood and bites his own finger, sleeping under the stars...

Hunger (Norwegian: Sult) is a novel by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun and was published in its final form in 1890. The novel has been hailed as the literary opening of the 20th century and an outstanding example of modern, psychology-driven...

"Hunger" by Knut HamsunExplore the human psyche's extremes in Knut Hamsun's renowned novel, "Hunger." Set in 19th-century Oslo, this modernist masterpiece follows a starving artist's struggle for survival and self-expression. The novel intricately...

Authors are authors and we are drawn to their works because of their style, their narrative, and their characters and how each part is assembled into the arc of the whole.But are we? Do social conventions, or fashion or other influences decide what we...