Maan siunaus : Romaani by Knut Hamsun
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"Maan siunaus : Romaani" by Knut Hamsun is a novel published in 1917. It follows Isak, a Norwegian man who carves out a life from untamed land, building a farm and raising a family in rural isolation. As modernity encroaches through telegraph lines and copper mining, Isak and his wife Inger navigate personal tragedies, including infanticide and imprisonment, while remaining bound to their agrarian existence. The novel explores the tension between primitive
simplicity and the relentless march of progress in early twentieth-century Norway. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hamsun, Knut, 1859-1952 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Jalkanen, Huugo, 1888-1969 |
| Uniform Title | Markens grøde. Finnish |
| Title | Maan siunaus : Romaani |
| Original Publication | Helsinki: Kust.Oy Kirja, 1919. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_of_the_Soil |
| Credits | Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 50.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Norway -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76469 |
| Release Date | Jul 9, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 266 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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