Hunger by Knut Hamsun
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"Hunger" by Knut Hamsun is a novel published in 1890. Set in late 19th-century Kristiania, it follows an unnamed, starving young writer wandering the city streets as his mental and physical state deteriorates. While struggling to maintain respectability, he experiences delusions, self-destructive behavior, and the slow collapse of his grip on reality. Through detailed psychological analysis, the novel explores the irrational workings of the human mind under extreme deprivation, creating what has
been called a pioneering work of modern, psychology-driven literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hamsun, Knut, 1859-1952 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Sandmeier, J. (Julius), 1881-1941 |
| Uniform Title | Sult. German |
| Title | Hunger |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_(Hamsun_novel) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Authors -- Fiction |
| Subject | Norway -- Fiction |
| Subject | Hunger -- Fiction |
| Subject | Starvation -- Fiction |
| Subject | Urban poor -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 60728 |
| Release Date | Nov 18, 2019 |
| Last Update | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 459 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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