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Hunger by Knut Hamsun; George Egerton is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Hunger about?

Review "Something new is happening here, some new thought about the nature of art is being proposed in Hunger. An art that is indistinguishable from the life of the artist who makes it . . . an art that is the direct expression of the effort to express itself." --Paul Auster (from his introduction)"The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun. They were all Hansun's disciples: Thomas Mann and Arthur Schnitzler . . . and even such American writers as Fitzgerald and Hemingway." --Isaac Bashevis Singer"After reading Hunger, one can easily understand why Hamsun was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Hunger should appeal to any reader who is interested in a masterpiece by one of this century's great novelists." --James Goldwasser, Detroit News -- Review Product Description 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 selling the occasional article to the local paper, and down to pawning the clothes on his back, the young

Who reads Hunger?

Author

Knut Hamsun; George Egerton

Publisher

Dover Publications, Incorporated

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780486120171

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.09 / 5 (22,037 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14