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Knut Hamsun |
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New York Times: "The reader with an unslakable thirst for objective drama will be disappointed. But he who can witness without flinching the vivisection of the human soul; who can see passion heated in the crucible until there is nothing left but the distillation of passion, who can find drama in the attrition of spirit, will acknowledge the spell of this unusual book." |
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Format: Paperback, 348
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (August 08, 2006)
Measurements: 8.25"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 1"(d), 0.7 lbs.
ISBN: 9780374530297 |
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In this psychological novel, most of the story is a monologue in which Nagel, a visitor to a small coastal town in Norway, discusses his dreams and opinions at great length. Nagel loves more than anything to talk, and he manages to confuse and fascinate the townspeople with his eccentric ideas and shifting perception of reality. Hamsun employs the stream-of-consciousness technique as a way not of getting at the truth but of obscuring it. The second of Hamsun's novels, MYSTERIES was originally published in 1892. |
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