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Description
This powerful, autobiographical novel by a Nobel Prize-winning author made literary history when it was first published in 1890. A modern classic about a penniless, unemployed young writer, the book paints an unforgettable portrait of a man driven to the edge of self-destruction by forces... read more
First Sentence
IT WAS IN THOSE DAYS when I wandered about hungry in Kristiania, that strange city which no one leaves before it has set its mark upon him.... Lying awake in my attic room, I hear a clock strike six downstairs.
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Authors & Contributors
- Knut Hamsun (Author)
- George Egerton (Translator)
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