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Hunger
by Knut Hamsun

Hunger
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Author: Knut Hamsun
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-11-17
ISBN: 0486431681
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Book Review: A lesser-known masterpiece.
Summary: 5 Stars

This novel is quite unlike most things you have read before, and for anyone familiar with Henry Miller, the existentialists, the Beats, etc., it will make a lot of sense as to who exactly influenced those writers. Hamsun was Norwegian, and this is a gritty, horrific, painstaking exploration of a twentysomething writer's personal hell as he endures 'hunger' - both literal and in spirit. The fact that it is also a very funny novel may sound surprising, but such is Hamsun's originality and skill. His detractors must have had a field day denouncing this as a 'one-gimmick' book or a pile of self-indulgent tosh, but I thought it brilliant and a must for anyone interested in existential literature. It's incredibly vivid, incisive and self-aware writing, and one of those books which is still frighteningly relevant today.

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