In this Norwegian saga of restlessness, Hamsun presents young Edevart, a headstrong boy ill at ease with books, but fiercely self-determined and ea...
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Jan 27, 2012
Michael
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My edition of this first in Hamsun's "August" trilogy was entitled Vagabonds, and translated by Eugene Gay-Tifft. (No listing for that edition here in GoodReads.) A big canvas on which Hamsun depicts numerous intertwined characters' lives, focusing primarily on two on-again, off-again traveling buddies Edevart and August. Though little-known today, this is a major work by this Nobel Prize-winner. Great character studies all through, but the reader will identify most with Edevart's
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Jan 27, 2012
Zack
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Hardly anyone reads Knut Hamsun anymore. Maybe that's why the goodreads feedback on this one (besides the built-in publisher's review) is mostly or entirely readers' reviews of another more overtly autobiographical book by him called "The Wanderer," which is a similar title, and they've got it confused with this one. But that's only a guess; I don't know why it happened. Anyway, the one I'm talking about concerns the lifelong friendship of two vagabonds, Edevart and August, one of who
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Jan 27, 2012
lyell
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this book is ok but someone from la public library poked out the front cover's balls with the metal bit tip of a mechanical pencil, hard enough to leave an impression like 50 pages into the book. pretty cool. either
a] a prudish librarian did not want the delicate eyes of knut hamsun readers to be assulted by a busy walking man's pubes and balls
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b] a prudish reader of knut hamsun saved as all from aforesaid.
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a] a prudish librarian did not want the delicate eyes of knut hamsun readers to be assulted by a busy walking man's pubes and balls
or
b] a prudish reader of knut hamsun saved as all from aforesaid.
truely life is full of magic and mysteries. spea More...
Jan 27, 2012
Translated from the Norwegian by James McFarlane
First line - Two men came trudging northward from the neighbouring village.
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liked the way this book reflected life and the meaning you can find in the flow of life...
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