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Paperback Books by Knut Hamsun
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| Pan |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| One of Knut Hamsun's most famous works, 'Pan' is the story of Lieutenant Thomas Glahn, an ex-military man who lives alone in the woods with his faithful dog Aesop. Glahn's life changes when he meets Edvarda, a merchant's daughter, whom he... Read More |
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| Publication Date: January 2008 |
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| Growth of the Soil |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| It is the life story of a man in the wilds, the genesis and gradual development of a homestead, the unit of humanity, in the unfilled, uncleared tracts that still remain in the Norwegian Highlands. It is an epic of earth; the history of a... Read More |
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| Publication Date: January 2008 |
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| Hunger |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| Knut Hamsun believed that modern literature should express the complexity of the human mind, nowhere is that philosophy more evident than in this stunning modern masterpiece, 'Hunger'. It tells the story of an unnamed vagrant who stumbles... Read More |
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| Publication Date: January 2008 |
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| Growth of the Soil |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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The epic novel of man and nature that won its author the Nobel Prize in Literature—the first new English translation since the novel's original publication ninety years ago
When it was first published in 1917, Growth of the... Read More |
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| Publication Date: October 2007 |
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| Publication Date: June 2007 |
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| Tales of Love & Loss |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| These 20 short stories are fascinating companions to Hamsun’s classic novels and contain echoes of the greater works he would later write and for which he was ultimately awarded the Nobel Prize. Alive with humor, melancholy, tenderness,... Read More |
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| Publication Date: April 2007 |
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| Pan |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| Novel from the late 19th and early 20th century Norwegian author who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun was a leading Norwegian author who saw humankind and nature united in a strong, sometimes mystical bond. This... Read More |
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| Publication Date: March 2007 |
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| Publication Date: March 2007 |
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| Publication Date: March 2007 |
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| Publication Date: February 2007 |
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| Hunger |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| Hamsun was a leading Norwegian author who saw humankind and nature united in a strong, sometimes mystical bond. This connection between the characters and their natural environment is exemplified in the novels Pan, and the epic Growth of the... Read More |
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| Publication Date: February 2007 |
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| Publication Date: February 2007 |
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| Look Back on Happiness |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| I didn't like him; his eyes were fawning and rested on the ground. He thought of nothing but land; he was land-greedy, like an animal that sought to escape its padlock. The other cotter had bought a slightly larger piece of land than he, a... Read More |
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| Publication Date: February 2007 |
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| Publication Date: February 2007 |
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| Shallow Soil |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| He does not write for the masses, no,' answered the Attorney. 'He writes for the chosen few. But his friends know that he has many beautiful things unpublished. Good God, what a master! It is impossible to place one's finger on a single thing... Read More |
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| Publication Date: February 2007 |
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| Wanderers |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| It has always been a pleasure to me to watch the flowers and insects in their struggle to keep alive. When the sun was hot they would come to life again, and give themselves up for an hour or so to the old delight; the big, strong flies were... Read More |
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| Publication Date: February 2007 |
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| Pan |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| Knut Hamsun was a major Norwegian author who received the Noble Prize for Literature in 1920. Hamsun writing makes excellent use of symbolism. Glahn and Edvarda fall in love in the spring, they are lovers in the summer and their relationship... Read More |
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| Publication Date: February 2007 |
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| Shallow Soil |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| Novel from the late 19th and early 20th century Norwegian author who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun was a leading Norwegian author who saw humankind and nature united in a strong, sometimes mystical bond. This... Read More |
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| Publication Date: February 2007 |
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| Wanderers |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| Wanderers' is Knut Hamsun's 1909 novel whose title expresses one of the most central themes to Hamsun's work, that of the wanderer. Hamsun, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his monumental work 'Growth of the Soil', believed that... Read More |
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| Publication Date: February 2007 |
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| Mysteries |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| In this psychological novel, most of the story is a monologue in which Nagel, a visitor to a small coastal town in Norway, discusses his dreams and opinions at great length. Nagel loves more than anything to talk, and he manages to confuse... Read More |
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| Publication Date: August 2006 |
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| Victoria |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| When it first appeared in 1898, this fourth novel by celebrated Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun captured instant acclaim for its poetic, psychologically intense portrayal of love's predicament in a class-bound society. Set in a coastal village... Read More |
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| Publication Date: November 2005 |
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| Hunger |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| Its artistic quality is indisputable. The book is very real, very frank--distressingly and shockingly frank, some persons will no doubt consider it. But none can deny that it is life, genuine, if appalling. |
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| Publication Date: December 2003 |
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| The Last Joy (Green Integer Books:) |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| Published in Norway in 1912, The Last Joy (Den Siste Glaede) appears at an important transition point in Hamsun's career, as he moved away from his intense observations of individual characters to focus on a broader canvas of small town and... Read More |
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| Publication Date: August 2003 |
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| Mysteries (Twentieth-Century Classics) |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| Reading this book, I always feel as though I am reading another version of my own life. And, just as I forget whole chunks of my life because they are too painful to remember, so I forget blocs of 'Mysteries' from one reading to the next. |
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| Publication Date: January 2001 |
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| Publication Date: September 1998 |
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| Hunger |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| Set in Norway and Iceland at the beginning of the eleventh century, this is the story of the beautiful, spoiled Vigdis Gunnarsdatter, who is casually raped by the man she had wanted to love. A woman of courage and intelligence, Vigdis is... Read More |
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| Publication Date: February 1998 |
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| Hunger |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| A true classic of modern literature that has been described as “one of the most disturbing novels in existence” (Time Out), Hunger is the story of a Norwegian artist who wanders the streets, struggling on the edge of... Read More |
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| Publication Date: February 1998 |
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| Dreamers (New Directions Classics) |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| Interesting the book surely is to a student of Mr. Hamsun's work. How far this novel will add to his reputation, and how much it will interest the general reader, is another question. |
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| Publication Date: April 1996 |
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| Publication Date: May 1972 |
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| Growth of the Soil |
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| by Knut Hamsun |
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| Knut Hamsun was a major Norwegian author who received the Noble Prize for Literature for Growth of the Soil in 1920. Hamsun writing makes excellent use of symbolism. The essential elements of this novel are expressed in the words of the... Read More |
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| Publication Date: May 1972 |
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