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Growth of the Soil (Penguin Classics) by Hamsun, Knut; Lyngstad, Sverre; Leithauser, Brad is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The epic novel of man and nature that won its author the Nobel Prize in Literaturethe first new English translation since the novel's original publication ninety years ago When it was first published in 1917, Growth of the Soil was immediately recognized as a masterpiece. Ninety years later it remains a transporting literary experience. In the story of Isak, who leaves his village to clear a homestead and raise a family amid the untilled tracts of the Norwegian back country, Knut Hamsun evokes the elemental bond between humans and the land. Newly translated by the acclaimed Hamsun scholar Sverre Lyngstad, Hamsun's novel is a work of preternatural calm, stern beauty, and biblical powerand the crowning achievement of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.

Who reads Growth of the Soil (Penguin Classics)?

Author

Hamsun, Knut; Lyngstad, Sverre; Leithauser, Brad

Publisher

Penguin Group USA, Inc.

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781436253901

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Collections, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.5 / 5 (527 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14