Hunger

Format: Paperback
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INTRODUCTION BY JO NESBØ
AFTERWORD BY 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.

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Authors:
Hamsun, Knut
Year Published:
2016
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781782117124
Number of Pages:
272
Publication Date:
07/01/2016
Publisher:
Canongate Books
Series:
Canons
Language:
English
Imprint:
Canongate Canons
Place of Publication:
Edinburgh
SKU:
9781782117124

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