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Hunger

Knut Hamsun

  • 196 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1890
  • 154 editions
  • Free to read
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1 About this book

Hunger (Norwegian: Sult) is a novel by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun published in 1890 by P.G. Philipsens Forlag. The novel has been hailed as the literary opening of the 20th century and an outstanding example of modern, psychology-driven literature. Hunger portrays the irrationality of the human mind in an intriguing and sometimes humorous manner.

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  • Classics
  • Literary fiction
  • Mental Depression
  • Autobiographical fiction
  • Genius
  • Poverty
  • Starvation
  • Hunger

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3 About Knut Hamsun

1859–1952

Knut Hamsun (; Norwegian:; 4 August 1859 – 19 February 1952) was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature for his novel Growth of the Soil. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, subject, perspective and environment. He published more than 23 novels, a collection of poetry, some short stories and plays, a travelogue, works of non-fiction and some essays.

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