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Hunger
Hunger
Author: Knut Hamsun
Hunger by Knut Hamsun is a strange, semi-delirious, gorgeous narrative of a young man who wanders the Norwegian urban milieu and spends most of his time starving and contemplating eccentric ways of obtaining food for a few coins. The occasional income he gets from his writing is barely adequate to keep him alive, and between the bouts of hun...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781934169667
ISBN-10: 1934169668
Publication Date: 3/22/2007
Pages: 180
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Publisher: Norilana Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 2
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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.