{"product_id":"hunger-paperback-1","title":"Hunger - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKnut Hamsun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSverre Lyngstad\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSverre Lyngstad\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA modernist masterpiece: the Nobel Prize winner's first and most important novel \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e First published in Norway in 1890, \u003ci\u003eHunger\u003c\/i\u003e probes the depths of consciousness with frightening and gripping power. Contemptuous of novels of his time and what he saw as their stereotypical plots and empty characters, Knut Hamsun embarked on \"an attempt to describe the strange, peculiar life of the mind, the mysteries of the nerves in a starving body.\" Like the works of Dostoyevsky, it marks an extraordinary break with Western literary and humanistic traditions.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnut Hamsun\u003c\/b\u003e (1858-1952) was a Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright hailed by many as one of the founders of modern literature. Born to a poor peasant family in central Norway, he worked as a schoolmaster, sheriff's assistant, laborer, store clerk, farmhand, and streetcar conductor in both Scandinavia and America before establishing himself as a successful playwright and novelist. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eHunger \u003c\/i\u003e(1890), was an immediate critical success; he went on to write the novels \u003ci\u003eMysteries\u003c\/i\u003e (1892), \u003ci\u003ePan \u003c\/i\u003e(1894), \u003ci\u003eVictoria \u003c\/i\u003e(1898), and \u003ci\u003eThe Growth of the Soil \u003c\/i\u003e(1917), the last of which earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSverre Lyngstad\u003c\/b\u003e (1922-2011; translator, introducer, notes) was a scholar and translator of Norwegian literature and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He translated five of Knut Hamsun's works for Penguin Classics--\u003ci\u003eHunger \u003c\/i\u003e(1890), \u003ci\u003eMysteries\u003c\/i\u003e (1892), \u003ci\u003ePan \u003c\/i\u003e(1894), \u003ci\u003eVictoria \u003c\/i\u003e(1898), and \u003ci\u003eThe Growth of the Soil \u003c\/i\u003e(1917)\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eand was honored by the King of Norway with the St. Olav Medal and with the Knight's Cross, First Class, of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 7.76 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403154321713,"sku":"9780141180649","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/YysrSldQeHNtYTIvN1k3S2ZpV2dqQT09.webp?v=1768912564","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/hunger-paperback-1","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}