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253 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1909
"There are some who pick themselves up after a fall and continue on their way through life, with their blue and yellow bruises. And there are others who never rise again."This sequel to Under the Autumn Star follows the same character (Knut Pedersen, Hamsun's real name) on his wanderings in the Norwegian countryside, six years later. He ends up meeting many of the same characters in correspondingly late(r) stages of their lives. The novel is not as compact and well-crafted as its predecessor; however, it has its fine moments, and the beautiful epilogue is some of Hamsun's most personal writing, in which he reflects on literature, truth-in-literature (or general lack therefore during his times), life, solitude, wandering, and getting old. He even takes a few jabs at Ibsen in the process.