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Hunger
Hunger
Author: Knut Hamsun
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. — Originally published in 1890, this classic of modern literature follows an impoverished Norwegian writer through the streets of Christiania (now Olso) as he struggles on the edge of starvation. Existing on what little money he makes from selling the occasional article to the local paper, and down to pawn...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374525286
ISBN-10: 0374525285
Publication Date: 2/28/1998
Pages: 240
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4.6 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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2headedboy avatar reviewed Hunger on + 27 more book reviews
When you read this beautifully crafted yet simply written short novel, you are taken on a super-charged literary journey filled with psychological torment and rat-a-tat-tat stream-of-conscious inner dialogue that feverishly progresses the protagonist's actions. There is much to love in this little book, and I find rereading it from time to time reawakens some impish demon in myself.


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