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Growth of the Soil, Hamsun's Nobel Prize winning novel, is a classic of Scandinavian literature. The farmer Isak scarcely acknowledges the values of modern living. Illiterate but capable of carrying out the business of running a farm, he has physical strength and works with his hands. Although initially amazed by Isak's prowess - his wife Inger, who came into contact with modern society when imprisoned for killing her infant due to its birth defect, return to the home much less impressed by the country life.

Isak, a strong, stoical ‘tiller of the ground, body and soul’, makes his way into the Norwegian hinterlands and settles on an area of land that suits him, unaware that it belongs to the state. He fashions the land into a farm, named ‘Sellanraa’ by the enigmatic Lensmand Geissler, and builds a life for himself with his wife, Inger, and their children. Together they endure the seasons and the encroachment of industrialisation as they cultivate the land and make it fertile, proving that fulfilment lies with the soil.

Mysteries tells the story of Johan Nagel, an eccentric young man who arrives in a small coastal town in rural Norway one midsummer evening in 1891. Nagel’s garish yellow suit and peculiar demeanour attract the curious gazes of the townspeople, creating a whirlwind of intrigue and speculation among them. His presence disrupts their peaceful lives and acts as a catalyst for change, revealing the townspeople’s hidden impulses and desires.

Verging on death, a starving, destitute writer navigates the cold and indifferent city of Kristiania in search of his next meal. Frenzied and fevered, he chews on stale bread, devours scraps of wood, and bites his own finger, sleeping under the stars in old, pungent blankets, until one day he is able to sell an article and buy some food - only for the cycle then to repeat itself....

A young writer wanders the streets of Kristiania with nothing—no money, no food, no prospects. Only pride. And hunger. Published in 1890, Knut Hamsun's Hunger follows an unnamed protagonist through the psychological descent of starvation. As his body weakens, his mind fractures. He talks to himself, lies compulsively, spurns help out of stubborn dignity, and watches helplessly as reality slips away into hallucination and delirium. This is not a conventional story of poverty. There are no dramatic plot turns, no redemptive arcs. Instead, Hamsun takes us inside the consciousness of a man ...

Win one for The Gipper. Has there ever been a better-known and widely-used exhortative phrase in sports? Not likely. But who was the "Gipper", this mythical-like sports figure whose nickname has aroused, in turn, awe, wonderment, curiosity, and amusement since the second decade of the 20th century, and why is his story important? Answering those questions is the formidable task taken on here by veteran sportswriter Jack Cavanaugh.

Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) was a Norwegian writer who published poetry, short stories, plays, essays, and more than 20 novels. In 1920, Hamsun won the Nobel Prize in Literature for the novel Growth of the Soil. First published in 1917, Growth of the Soil was immediately hailed as a masterpiece and has since been translated into many languages. It tells the story of Isak who leaves his village to build a farm and raise a family in the woodlands of rural Norway.

I slutet av 1800-talet vandrar en bonde runt i den norska vildmarken på jakt efter en passande plats att slå sig ned och dyrka jorden. Isak heter mannen, och till slut hittar han en bra plats. De kommande åren förflyter med oändligt hårt arbete; skogshuggning, odling på den rensade...

Svält, som bygger på Hamsuns egna erfarenheter, beskriver en spirande författares sorgliga livsförhållanden, när han driver runt i Christiania och konstant kämpar för att skaffa sig det mest nödvändiga för att kunna hålla sig vid liv. Ofta får han inte mat på flera dagar, och han får då nöja sig med att tugga på ett träspån, vilket leder till att han får våldsamma humörsvängningar och hallucinationer, som hämmar hans produktivitet.

Nicht dass es heute genauso wäre. Aber der junge Mann, der durch Oslos Straßen läuft, hat Großes vor, er will Schriftsteller werden, verdingt sich als Journalist, doch seine Artikel werden nicht genommen. Hilfe geht er aus dem Weg, denn er ist stolz und voller Scham. Verzweifelt versucht er, seine Armut zu verbergen. Seine Habseligkeiten hat er längst zum Pfandleiher getragen, aus seiner Bleibe wird er rausgeworfen, sein letztes Geld verschenkt er an einen Bettler. Oft glaubt er, fabelhafte Einfälle zu haben, doch genauso oft verfliegen sie.

La historia corresponde a un relato en primera persona, en donde el personaje ficticio, de nombre desconocido, narra la miseria en la cual se encuentra sumergido debido a la carencia de un trabajo estable, sumado a la difícil situación que se vive en la ciudad de Cristianía del siglo XIX. Fundamentalmente, se aborda el tema de la irracionalidad de la mente humana, de manera intrigante y a veces humorística.

I Pan skildrar Knut Hamsun, i en berusande lyrisk stil, en kärlekshistoria i den vackra och avsides belägna nordnorska naturen. Löjtnant Thomas Glahn, som är en opolerad naturmänniska, slår sig ned i en stuga i utkanten av ett skogsområde i Nordland med utsikt över skärgården. Han...

Explore the human psyche's extremes in Knut Hamsun's renowned novel, "Hunger." Set in 19th-century Oslo, this modernist masterpiece follows a starving artist's struggle for survival and self-expression. The novel intricately portrays the protagonist's inner turmoil, balancing between sanity and madness, as he wanders through the city's streets, battling hunger and pursuing his artistic vision.

Knut Hamsun's Hunger, first published in 1890 and hailed as the literary beginning of the 20th century, is a masterpiece of psychologically driven fiction. The story of a struggling artist living on the edge of starvation, the novel portrays the unnamed first-person narrator's descent into paranoia, despair, and madness as hunger overtakes him. As the protagonist loses his grip on reality, Hamsun brilliantly portrays the disturbing and irrational recesses of the human mind through increasingly disjointed and urgent prose.

La crítica mundial la considera "Victoria" como el mayor exponente del talento de Knut Hamsun en su madurez, la obra en la que alcanza la perfección de la forma y en la que el análisis psicológico penetra en mayor extensión y con mayor profundidad en los actos de los protagonistas. Hamsun relata una historia de amor que podría no tener mayor trascendencia si no fuera porque, como él mismo dice, lo importante reside en los "secretos movimientos que se realizan inadvertidos en lugares apartados de la mente".

"La Faim" de Knut Hamsun est une œuvre phare du modernisme littéraire qui plonge dans les profondeurs du désespoir humain et de la lutte acharnée pour la survie. Se déroulant à Christiania à la fin du XIXe siècle (aujourd'hui Oslo), le roman suit le protagoniste anonyme, un jeune écrivain affamé, alors qu'il erre dans les rues dans un état perpétuel de faim et de dénuement. Avec une honnêteté sans faille et une perspicacité psychologique remarquable, Hamsun dépeint la descente du protagoniste dans la folie, les hallucinations et la crise existentielle.

Victoria är en av Hamsuns vackraste och mest lyriska romaner, ett impressionistiskt mästerverk. Den är en gripande tragisk kärlekshistoria mellan den fattiga, men begåvade mjölnaresonen Johannes, och den rika godsägardottern Victoria. Vi följer dem från att de är barn, där den...

Wer ist dieser seltsame Fremde, der in der kleinen Hafenstadt in Norwegen auftaucht? Johan Nilsen Nagel nennt er sich, er trägt gelbe Anzüge, gibt vor Agronom zu sein - und ist ein brillianter Unterhalter. Dieser Sonderling mischt die kleine Stadt gehörig auf, denn die Regeln der kleinen Gemeinschaft stören ihn wenig. Der Titel ist Programm - zahlreiche Mysterien ziehen sich durch die Handlung, die zu einem der faszinierendsten Werke der Literatur gehören.

The Norwegian writer, Knut Hamsun (1859–1952), is often remembered for his contribution to the renewal of the novel, and his modern view of the mind. However, in Norway it his common touch, and his vivid and humorous descriptions local culture that has endeared him to the public. Michael...

En mand vandrer i sidste halvdel af 1800-tallet rundt i den norske ødemark på jagt efter et egnet sted at slå sig ned og opdyrke jorden. Isak hedder manden, og han finder til sidst et egnet sted. Det næste år går med uophørligt, hårdt arbejde med skovfældning, opdyrkning af de ryddede...