Wayfarers - Couverture souple

Hamsun, Knut

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0285649078 ISBN 13 : 9780285649071

Editeur : Souvenir Press Ltd, 1994

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

As the modern industrialised world begins to encroach on a small, isolated coastal town of northern Norway, the effect is devastating. For young Edevart, uprooted from his simple origins, it brings progressive alienation from the old traditions; for August, the lying, charming scoundrel, it means opportunities that will threaten the stability of an as yet unspoiled community. With comic irony and a haunting power, Hamsun charts the slow disintegrated of the old way in a magnificent novel that provides brilliant insights into human nature; the visiting skipper who is lured to his death by Ane Marie because, hurtfully, he did not make advances to her; the old watch seller who is as ready to cheat himself as he is to swindle others; the poignant, painful love affair between Edevart and the barefoot Lovise Magrete. Written seven years after Hamsun received the Nobel Prize for Literature, "Wayfarers" is a masterpiece by one of the great novelists of the twentieth century.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Knut Hamsun was born in Norway in 1859 and after travelling around the United States he returned to Norway to publish 'Hunger' in 1890. It became an immediate sensation and was followed by a series of novels that brought into being the modern school of writing. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1920 and died in 1952.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Souvenir Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0285649078
• ISBN 13: 9780285649071
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360