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1	Hunger more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist In this epic, semi-autobiographical novel of poverty and despair, Hamsun's narrator is a poor writer who depends upon the sale of articles and stories to the press for his living. He is usually destitute and often hungry, and during the long intervals when he is underfed, his mood swings wildly between euphoria and bleak, self-destructive ... see all copies from $2.25! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Growth of the soil more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist In this allegorical novel, Isak, the hero of the story, is the archetypical man who labors and builds. A wanderer at the start of the tale, he builds a hut to shelter himself from the winds of the moors and decides to settle on the spot. He begins to cultivate the land, and eventually he meets a woman who stays to become his wife and raise his ... see all copies from $2.42! new only from $7.77! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Mysteries more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist 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 and fascinate the townspeople with his eccentric ideas and shifting perception of reality. Hamsun employs the ... see all copies from $3.85! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Victoria more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist Johannes, a young Norwegian writer, falls deeply in love with Victoria, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. Himself of working-class origins and far from established as an artist, Johannes cannot hope to marry someone so far above him socially. Victoria, for her part, is ambivalent, alternating in her moods between affection and contempt. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Pan more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist This pastoral love story takes place in a remote country village in Norway, An army officer on furlough falls in love with a local girl who alternately encourages and spurns him. His obsession is only increased by her moods, and eventually he can think of nothing else. The operatic nature of the tale is reflected in the ornate and exquisitely ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $5.88! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The wanderer more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist see all copies from $4.96! new only from $10.65! \| first editions
7	The women at the pump more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist Set entirely in a small fishing village on the edge of the North Sea, Hamsun's novel takes as its focal point the fountain in the town square where the women gather to gossip about the scandals of the local inhabitants. Chief among their preoccupations are the domestic life of Oliver, a crippled sailor, and Petra, his openly unfaithful wife- ... see all copies from $6.90! new only from $13.13! \| first editions
8	Tales of Love & Loss more books like this by Knut Hamsun, Robert Ferguson (Translator) add to wishlist 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, and lawlessness, as well as sparkling with psychological insights, these stories have never been published in ... see all copies from $5.02! new only from $8.79! \| SVS
9	Pan : from Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's papers more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist This pastoral love story takes place in a remote country village in Norway, An army officer on furlough falls in love with a local girl who alternately encourages and spurns him. His obsession is only increased by her moods, and eventually he can think of nothing else. The operatic nature of the tale is reflected in the ornate and exquisitely ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
10	Wayfarers more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist The first in Hamsun's series of "Polden" novels, WAYFARERS recounts the wanderings of Edevart and August, two young men who leave their Norwegian hometown of Polden and travel restlessly through Scandinavia, returning frequently but unable to settle down for good. see all copies from $4.01! new only from $13.33! \| first editions
11 view cover	Dreamers more books like this by Knut Hamsun, Tom Geddes (Translator) add to wishlist This early novel is a light comedy that describes the adventures of a small-town telegrapher who wants to settle down and marry his sweetheart but is too easily distracted into drinking and pranks by his friends. Reminiscent in many ways of Booth Tarkington--it was written in 1904--it provides a vivid portrait of provincial life in turn-of-the ... see all copies from $2.62! new only from $11.17! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Pan: From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's Papers more books like this by Anita Loos, Knut Hamsun, Sverre Lyngstad (Translator) add to wishlist First published in 1894, Knut Hamsun's PAN recounts Thomas Glahn's retrospective narrative of his life and adventures in the Norwegian woods. PAN provides a lyrical, yet disturbing, analysis of love and the recesses of the psyche. This superb new translation restores the power and virtuosity of Hamsun's original and includes an informative ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $7.00!
13 view cover	A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings by Knut Hamsun, Oliver Stallybrass (Translator), Gunnvor Stallybrass (Translator) add to wishlist Related to and sometimes paired with Hamsun's "Under the Autumn Stars," this beautifully lyric fiction picks up with the same characters as the other book, but is set in time six years later. The central character of the former novel, Knut Pedersen (Hamsun's real name), is more an observer in this work. His former friend Grindhusen has grown from ... see all copies from $2.85! new only from $4.71! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Rosa more books like this by Knut Hamsun, Sverre Lyngstad (Translator) add to wishlist The young narrator observes the activities of the lovely young widow Rosa, among other inhabitants of a tiny Norwegian fishing village. This novel was originally published in 1909. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $43.75! \| first editions
15 view cover	In Wonderland more books like this by Knut Hamsun, Sverre Lyngstad (Translator) add to wishlist First published 100 years ago and now translated into English for the first time by the noted Norwegian scholar Sverre Lyngstad, "In Wonderland" is a diaristic account of a trip Hamsun took to Russia at the turn of the century. see all copies from $3.87! new only from $8.50!
16	Vagabonds by Knut Hamsun, Eugene Gay-Tifft add to wishlist see all copies from $7.95! new only from $51.85! \| first editions
17	Benoni more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist see all copies from $9.00! new only from $33.43! \| first editions
18	August more books like this by Knut Hamsun, Eugene Gay-Tifft (Translator) add to wishlist In this comic allegory, August, the Diogenes-like hero of Hamsun's prior novel VAGABONDS, here continues his quest for the perfect society and the happy life. After years of wandering, he returns to his hometown of Polden and sets about introducing "reforms" in an attempt to modernize and improve the lives of its inhabitants. The results are ... see all copies from $8.00! first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Knut Hamsun Remembers America: Essays and Stories, 1885-1949 more books like this by Knut Hamsun, Richard Nelson Current (Editor) add to wishlist A collection of 13 essays and stories based largely on Hamsun's experiences during the four years he spent in the United States when he was a young man. The pieces are arranged chronologically into three categories: critical reporting, memory and fantasy and mellow reminiscence. see all copies from $39.35! new only from $39.35! \| first editions \| SVS
20	The Cultural Life of Modern America more books like this by Knut Hamsun, Barbara G Morgridge (Editor) add to wishlist A polemical work by the celebrated Norwegian novelist and Nobel Laureate, originally published in 1889. In it Hamsun takes American culture to task for its materialism, provincialism, and shallowness. see all copies from $15.00! first editions
21	Victoria: A Love Story more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist Johannes, a young Norwegian writer, falls deeply in love with Victoria, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. Himself of working-class origins and far from established as an artist, Johannes cannot hope to marry someone so far above him socially. Victoria, for her part, is ambivalent, alternating in her moods between affection and contempt. ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	Hunger more books like this by Sverre Lyngstad (Translator), Knut Hamsun add to wishlist First published in 1890, this is a new edition of the major modernist novel from the Nobel prize winner. A compelling trip into the mind of a young writer driven by starvation to the extremes of madness and despair. Thomas Mann, Ernest Hemingway, Samuel Beckett and James Kelman are just some of the writers obviously influenced by and indebted to ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $46.34!
23	Night Roamers and Other Stories more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist A collection of early short stories by the Norwegian novelist and Nobel Laureate. see all copies from $14.60!
24 view cover	On overgrown paths more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist Written by Hamsun when he was 90 years old, ON OVERGROWN PATHS is a diary of his experiences when, in 1947, he was arrested and hospitalized in a psychiatric clinic because he was a Nazi sympathizer during World War II. Hamsun died, at 92, two years after the book was published. see all copies from $34.88! first editions
25	Victoria more books like this by Oliver Stallybrass (Translator), Knut Hamsun add to wishlist see all copies from $2.49!

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