Mysteries - Hardcover

Knut-hamsun

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374217645 ISBN 13: 9780374217648

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971

Synopsis

'Mysteries' is a classic of European literature, one of the seminal novels of the twentieth century. It is the story of Johan Nagel, a strange youg man who arrives to spend a summer in a small Norwegian coastal town. His presence acts as a catalyst for the hidden impulses, concealed thoughts and darker instincts of the local people. Cursed with the ability to understand the human soul, especially his own, Nagel can foresee, but cannot prevent, his own sef-destruction.

About this title

Review:

"A rare understanding of human nature comes through, expressed in a
measured, elegiac and lyrical prose." -- 'Sunday Telegraph'

"I read these novels with the gently expanding recognition due only to the
great writers." -- Doris Lessing

"The most outstanding Norwegian writer since Ibsen." -- 'Times Literary Supplement'

"The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from
Hamsun." -- Isaac Bashevis Singer

"Hamsun is one of the great writers of this century... Hamsun's
novels have the simplicity of total self-possession." -- 'Sunday Times'

Hamsun has the qualities that belong to the very great, the completest omniscience about human nature. -- Rebecca West

Mysteries "is closer to me than any other book I've read." -- Henry Miller

The most outstanding Norwegian writer since Ibsen. -- Times Literary Supplement

About the Author:

Knut Hamsun was born in 1859 in Norway and after a period of travel he published his first successful novel, Hunger, in 1890. It became a sensation and as Isaac Bashevis Singer commented "the whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun." He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1920 and died in 1952.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0374217645
• ISBN 13: 9780374217648
• Binding: Hardcover