Hunger - PDF novel by Knut Hamsun

Hunger by Knut Hamsun

This very unusual and notable book . . . the product of most remarkable imagination, so real is it, so vivid, so moving, so compelling in its claims upon the reader's emotions and sympathies."
New York Times.

The autobiographical novel recounts the abject poverty, hunger, and despair of a young writer struggling to achieve self-discovery and its ultimate artistic expression. The book brilliantly probes the psychodynamics of alienation, obsession, and self-destruction, painting an unforgettable portrait of a man driven by forces beyond his control to the edge of the abyss.his powerful work of writing by Knut Hamsun, clearly lets you think what the state of ‘hunger’ can do to a human being. 

Excerpt from the preface by George Egerton

Ten years ago a little book on " Intellectual Life in the America of Today" appeared in Norway. The intense individuality of its (it must be admitted often wrong-headed) point of view aroused interest and curiosity as to its author. It was followed shortly by his first novel "Suit" ("Hunger"). It made a great sensation; was as the flash of some strange meteor, holding perhaps a menace to social life, across the firmament. It met with much adverse criticism; indeed, it demanded some courage in those days to declare oneself an admirer of " that dreadful Hamsun! " 

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Publication date:, 1899

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