Hunger

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Psychological, Literary
Cover of the book Hunger by Knut Hamsun, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Knut Hamsun ISBN: 9781429930932
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication: February 19, 2008
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Language: English
Author: Knut Hamsun
ISBN: 9781429930932
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication: February 19, 2008
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language: English

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 starvation. As hunger overtakes him, he slides inexorably into paranoia and despair. The descent into madness is recounted by the unnamed narrator in increasingly urgent and disjointed prose, as he loses his grip on reality.

Arising from Hamsun's belief that literature ought to be about the mysterious workings of the human mind -- an attempt, he wrote, to describe "the whisper of the blood and the pleading of the bone marrow" -- Hunger is a landmark work that pointed the way toward a new kind of novel.

"The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun. They were all Hamsun's disciples: Thomas Mann and Arthur Schnitzler . . . and even such American writers are Fitzgerald and Hemingway." —Isaac Bashevis Singer

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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 starvation. As hunger overtakes him, he slides inexorably into paranoia and despair. The descent into madness is recounted by the unnamed narrator in increasingly urgent and disjointed prose, as he loses his grip on reality.

Arising from Hamsun's belief that literature ought to be about the mysterious workings of the human mind -- an attempt, he wrote, to describe "the whisper of the blood and the pleading of the bone marrow" -- Hunger is a landmark work that pointed the way toward a new kind of novel.

"The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun. They were all Hamsun's disciples: Thomas Mann and Arthur Schnitzler . . . and even such American writers are Fitzgerald and Hemingway." —Isaac Bashevis Singer

More books from Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Cover of the book I Am the Beggar of the World by Knut Hamsun
Cover of the book W Is For Webster by Knut Hamsun
Cover of the book Widening Income Inequality by Knut Hamsun
Cover of the book The Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Knut Hamsun
Cover of the book A Shopkeeper's Millennium by Knut Hamsun
Cover of the book Captain of the Sleepers by Knut Hamsun
Cover of the book Selected Poems by Knut Hamsun
Cover of the book The Upcycle by Knut Hamsun
Cover of the book A Life Like Other People's by Knut Hamsun
Cover of the book Bad Paper by Knut Hamsun
Cover of the book Somewhere Only We Know by Knut Hamsun
Cover of the book Escape from Saigon by Knut Hamsun
Cover of the book Poser by Knut Hamsun
Cover of the book Ultimate Fitness by Knut Hamsun
Cover of the book Good Hunting by Knut Hamsun
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy