Wayfarers - Softcover

Hamsun, Knut

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425076512 ISBN 13: 9780425076514

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, 1985

Synopsis

First published in 1927, this novel focuses on Edevart, an uprooted young Norwegian who is exposed to the corrupting ways of August, a charming scoundrel whose values threaten the stability of society

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'

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

Hamsun's novels have the simplicity of total self-possession, of the clearest possible understanding of the human world. -- Sunday Times

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0425076512
• ISBN 13: 9780425076514
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback