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.
Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781782117124Number of pages: 272Weight: 213 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mmEdition: Main - Canons Imprint Re-Issue
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Hunger is the crux of Hamsun's claims to mastery. This is the classic novel of humiliation,even beyond Dostoevsky'- The Observer
'One of the most disturbing novels in existence'- Time Out
'An excellent new translation...this Hunger deserves to be the standard English version'- The Times Literary Supplement
'Hamsun has the qualities that belong to the very great,a complete omniscience on human nature'- Rebecca West
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One of the world's most popular crime writers,Norwegian novelistJo Nesbo's books have been published in 50 languages selling over 33 million copies worldwide. Nesbo is best known for the series of novels featuring detective Harry Hole. The novels in reading order are:The Bat,Cockroaches,The Redbreast,Nemesis,The Devil's Star,The Redeemer,The Snowman,The Leopard,Phantom,PoliceandThe Thirst.
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