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Hunger (Norwegian: Sult) is a novel by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun and was published in its final form in 1890. The novel has been hailed as the literary opening of the 20th century and an outstanding example of modern, psychology-driven literature. It hails the irrationality of the human mind in an intriguing and sometimes humorous novel. Written after Hamsun's return from an ill-fated tour of America, Hunger is loosely based on the author's own impoverished life before his breakthrough in 1890. Set in late 19th century Kristiania, the novel recounts the adventures of a starving young man whose sense of reality is giving way to a delusionary existence on the darker side of a modern metropolis. While he vainly tries to maintain an outer shell of respectability, his mental and physical decay are recounted in detail. His ordeal, enhanced by his inability or unwillingness to pursue a professional career, which he deems unfit for someone of his abilities, is pictured in a series of encounters which Hamsun himself described as 'a series of analyses.' In many ways, the protagonist of the novel displays traits reminiscent of Raskolnikov, whose creator, Fyodor Dostoevsky, was one of Hamsun's main influences. The influence of naturalist authors such as Emile Zola is apparent in the novel, as is his rejection of the realist tradition.(Introduction by Wikipedia)
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Fiction Classics, Literary Fiction, Mental Depression, Norwegian Authors, Autobiographical fiction, Fiction, Genius, Classic Literature, Literature, Poverty -- Psychological aspects, poverty, Starvation, Hunger, Authors, Urban poor, Norwegian literature, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Norway, fiction, Authors, fiction, Fiction, general, History, Fiction, psychologicalPlaces
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Hunger
Sep 02, 2017, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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197582797X 9781975827977
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Hunger (Large Print Edition): Hunger (Large Print Edition)
May 23, 2007, BiblioBazaar
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Bhukh Upanyas Anuvadak Teji Grovar
December 30, 2004, Vani Prakashan
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First published in Norway in 1890, Hunger probes into the depths of consciousness with frightening and gripping power. Like the works of Dostoyevsky, it marks an extraordinary break with Western literary and humanistic traditions.
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