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Hunger (Golod)
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'Hunger' (1890) is a largely autobiographical novel by Knut Hamsun, which brought him worldwide fame. A terrifyingly simple story of a young, unrecognized writer, teetering day after day on the brink of starvation. Reality and bizarre, morbid fantasies intertwine in his mind, painfully experiencing the discrepancy between the ideal and the material world.
Publisher: AST
Weight: 150
Age restrictions: 16+
Author: Knut Gamsun
Circulation: 3000
Size: 18x11.6x1.9
Book series: Exclusive Classics (Eksklyuzivnaya klassika)
Cover: Paperback
Language: Russian
Pages: 224
ISBN: 978-5-17-107197-4
ISBN (Barcode): 9785171071974
Meet The Author
Knut Gamsun
Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian writer. He was born on 4 August 1859 in the parish of Vågå in the Gudbrandsdalen valley. He was the fourth child in the family of the village tailor Peder Pedersen. He lived in poverty and, from the age of nine, worked in his uncle’s office; then came years of wandering (from 1873), during which he changed many occupations. He began writing at the age of 17. His first book appeared in 1877. In his youth he traveled extensively, including to the United States. After 1888 he settled in Copenhagen.…
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