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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 just as suddenly disappears. Nagel is... Read Full Overview

In a small Norwegian coastal town, society's carefully woven threads begin to unravel when an unsettling stranger named Johan Nagel arrives. With an unsparing and often brutal insight into human nature, Nagel draws out the seemingly innocent townsfolk, exposing their darkest... Read Full Overview

In a small Norwegian coastal town, society's carefully woven threads begin to unravel when an unsettling stranger named Johan Nagel arrives. With an unsparing and often brutal insight into human nature, Nagel draws out the seemingly innocent townsfolk, exposing their darkest... Read Full Overview

In a Norwegian coastal town, society's carefully woven threads begin to unravel when an unsettling stranger named Johan Nagel arrives. With an often brutal insight into human nature, Nagel draws out the townsfolk, exposing their darkest instincts and suppressed desires. At once... Read Full Overview

The eccentric behavior of a stranger brings excitement to a quiet Norwegian town.

Knut Hamsun, geb. Knud Pedersen, war einer der bedeutendsten Schriftsteller des 20 Jahrhunderts. Sein Werk "Hunger" wurde von der ZEIT-Jury zu den 100 wichtigsten Werken der Weltliteratur gez hlt. 1920 erhielt er den Literaturnobelpreis f r "Segen der Erde". Sein Durchbruch aber... Read Full Overview

Knut Hamsun, geb. Knud Pedersen, war einer der bedeutendsten Schriftsteller des 20 Jahrhunderts. Sein Werk "Hunger" wurde von der ZEIT-Jury zu den 100 wichtigsten Werken der Weltliteratur gez hlt. 1920 erhielt er den Literaturnobelpreis f r "Segen der Erde". Sein Durchbruch aber... Read Full Overview

L'amertume, la folie, la haine, le mepris, les denigrements qui se donnent libre cours dans Mysteres ne doivent pas nous faire oublier que Hamsun etait d'abord et avant tout un amoureux de la nature, un solitaire, un poete du desespoir. Il est capable de nous faire rire... Read Full Overview

Dans Myst res, Knut Hamsun nous plonge dans l'esprit fascinant de Johan Nilsen Nagel, un tranger nigmatique qui d barque dans une petite ville c ti re et bouleverse, par sa seule pr sence, l' quilibre de la communaut . Provocateur, brillant, insaisissable, il d route autant... Read Full Overview