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A modernist masterpiece: the Nobel Prize winner's first and most important novel A Penguin Classic First published in Norway in 1890, Hunger probes the depths of consciousness with frightening and gripping power. Contemptuous of novels of his time and what he saw as their stereotypical... Read Full Overview

A true classic of modern literature that has been described as "one of the most disturbing novels in existence" (Time Out), Hunger is the story of a Norwegian artist who wanders the streets, struggling on the edge of starvation. As hunger overtakes him, he slides... Read Full Overview

One of the most important and controversial writers of the 20th century, Knut Hamsun made literary history with the publication in 1890 of this powerful, autobiographical novel recounting the abject poverty, hunger and despair of a young writer struggling to achieve self-discovery... Read Full Overview

Knut Hamsun believed that modern literature should express the complexity of the human mind and nowhere is that philosophy more evident than in this stunning modern masterpiece, "Hunger." First published in 1890 in Norwegian and based on Hamsun's own experiences with poverty... Read Full Overview

'It was at the time when I was wandering around hungry in Kristiania, that strange city no one leaves before it has set its mark on them...'

Premio Noble de Literatura en 1920, Knut Hamsun está considerado el padre de la novela escandinava. Hambre, una obra de marcado carácter psicológico, ha sido altamente elogiada como el nacimiento de la literatura moderna en Dinamarca. Acompañamos a un personaje anónimo en su... Read Full Overview

A young writer wanders the streets of Kristiania with nothing-no money, no food, no prospects. Only pride. And hunger.

Published in 1890, Knut Hamsun's Hunger follows an unnamed protagonist through the psychological descent of starvation. As his body weakens,... Read Full Overview

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Originally published in 1890, this classic of modern literature follows an impoverished Norwegian writer through the streets of Christiania (now Olso) as he struggles on the edge of starvation. Existing on what little money he makes from... Read Full Overview

Hunger is Knut Hamsun's breakthrough novel about a young writer's efforts to practice his craft while battling extreme poverty and loneliness. The novel, written from the perspective of a struggling writer living in the city of Christiania, near Oslo, Norway, established Hamsun's... Read Full Overview

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"I suffered no pain, my hunger had taken the edge off; instead I felt pleasantly empty, untouched by everything around me and happy to be unseen by all. I put my legs up on the bench and leaned back, the best way to feel the true well-being of seclusion. There wasn't a cloud... Read Full Overview

Det var i den Tid, jeg gik omkring og sulted i Kristiania, denne forunderlige By, som ingen forlader, f r han har f et M rker af den . . . . Jeg ligger v gen p min Kvist og h rer en Klokke nedenunder mig sl seks Slag; det var allerede ganske lyst, og Folk begyndte at f rdes... Read Full Overview

Hunger by Knut Hamsun is a strange, semi-delirious, gorgeous narrative of a young man who wanders the Norwegian urban milieu and spends most of his time starving and contemplating eccentric ways of obtaining food for a few coins. The occasional income he gets from his writing... Read Full Overview