Hunger
by Hamsun, Knut
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
One of the first Modernist works. A Dostoevsky-esque picture of internal strife and societal disgust.
First edition, first printing in English. Original cloth, binding resewn, new endpapers, no ads, half-title is present. The prone-to-fading gray cloth has retained its color, covers a bit soiled at the margins, textblock modestly toned otherwise the pages are quite clean. Overall, Very Good.
The highly influential classic of an unnamed, down on his luck writer struggling to survive in a bleak Oslo. Failing to make money writing, he falls into destitution and mental collapse. An intriguing look into the human mind and how we struggle against our emotions, unfulfilled needs, and the mask-wearing demanded by society.
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Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Anniroc Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63
- Title
- Hunger
- Author
- Hamsun, Knut
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- KNUT HAMSUN, NORWAY, NORWEGIAN, MODERNIST, HUNGER, EGERTON, PHILOSOPHY, EXISTENTIALISM, JAMES JOYCE, DOSTOEVSKY, RUSSIAN, NIETZSCHE, philosophy, psychology
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Soiled
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