These 20 short stories are fascinating companions to Hamsunawarded the Nobel Prize. Alive with humor, melancholy, tenderness, and lawlessness, as w...
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Jan 21, 2008
again, wierd, somewhat off short stories. surprise unhappy endings in freeze frame, in between Victorian themes and existential crises
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Apr 25, 2009
Gertrude & Victoria
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Tales of Love & Loss is an intriguing collection of short stories by the Father of European Modernism. These stories reflect the vast range of human emotions and predicaments, which Knut Hamsun so deftly and humorously styles.
There is something telling about Hamsun's stories: the irrational thoughts, decisions and actions of man are perplexing, yet these qualities are constituent in all men. The main characters are often loners, in one manner or another, who display puzzling behav More...
There is something telling about Hamsun's stories: the irrational thoughts, decisions and actions of man are perplexing, yet these qualities are constituent in all men. The main characters are often loners, in one manner or another, who display puzzling behav More...
Jul 12, 2011
David
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This collection was kind of disappointing. Most of the stories seemed like exercises which, being a writer, is interesting to some extent. That doesn't make the stories any more entertaining in themselves. But for those who admire Knut Hamsun there are three stories here worth the read and displays his unique ability and temperament. Read the two Christmas stories, "A Real Rascal," and "On Blue Man's Island." There, I saved you a lot of time.
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May 27, 2008
Adam
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Having read a fair amount of Hamsun, I've settled on 3 must-reads: the novels Pan and Hunger, but also the short fiction. For my money, Hamsun's stories are every bit as powerful as Kafka's, and yet they're more consistent and psychologically satisfying. And the misanthropes who people these stories... well, they're of the late-night, dark-alley variety we'd all much rather read about than meet face to face.
May 19, 2010
Yoni
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The title is mostly for marketing purposes and not representative of many of the stories.
Aug 13, 2008
Katia
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A collection of Hamsun's short stories from when he was a "El" Oporator in Chicago, to lectures from his homeland. Will make even the most hurt heart believe in love.
Dec 16, 2010
Vogisland
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Incredibly evocative. It was a great pleasure to read about the vast Minnesota farms where Hamsun was a laborer, and Chicago's long-extinct Halstad line.
Feb 19, 2008
Rebecca
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Nice snippets into his writing. Pieces that are fragments of his larger contributions
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