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Who is this book for? Readers interested in psychological depth and existential themes.

Topics PovertyMental DepressionSurvivalIdentity
MoodDark, Melancholic
HumorOccasional Humor
With an introduction by Jo Nesbo & afterword from Paul Auster Nineteenth-century Kristiania is an unforgiving place, and work is thin on the ground. Roaming the streets of Norway's capital, a penniless young writer searches for inspiration whilst trying desperately to make ends meet. Driven to extraordinary lengths, sleeping under the stars with his stomach growling, the writer's behaviour becomes increasingly irrational and his world spirals into chaos. Hunger was Knut Hamsun's first novel and earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. A disturbing and darkly humorous masterpiece of existential fiction, Hunger anticipated and influenced some of the twentieth century's most acclaimed writers including Camus, Kafka and Fante.

Language

en

Published on

01/07/2016

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781782117124

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