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Hunger, by Knut Hamsun
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Title: Hunger
Author: Knut Hamsun
Posting Date: August 23, 2010 [EBook #8387] Release Date: June, 2005 First Posted: July 6, 2003
Language: English
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HUNGER
by KNUT HAMSUN
Translated from the Norwegian by GEORGE EGERTON
With an introduction by Edwin Bjorkman
Knut Hamsun
Since the death of Ibsen and Strindberg, Hamsun is undoubtedly the foremost creative writer of the Scandinavian countries. Those approaching most nearly to his position are probably Selma Lagerlöf in Sweden and Henrik Pontoppidan in Denmark. Both these, however, seem to have less than he of that width of outlook, validity of interpretation and authority of tone that made the greater masters what they were.
His reputation is not confined to his own country or the two Scandinavian sister nations. It spread long ago over the rest of Europe, taking deepest roots in Russia, where several editions of his collected works have already appeared, and where he is spoken of as the equal of Tolstoy and Dostoyevski. The enthusiasm of this approval is a characteristic symptom that throws interesting light on Russia as well as on Hamsun.
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