Knut Hamsun


Hunger
Growth of the Soil
Pan
Mysteries
Victoria
Rosa (Sun & Moon Classics)
Wayfarers (Sun & Moon Classics)
Dreamers
On Overgrown Paths
Benoni
The Wanderer
Under the Autumn Star
August
The Last Joy
La Ville de Segelfoss
Knut Hamsun
The other one he loved like a slave, like a madman and like a beggar. Why? Ask the dust on the road and the falling leaves, ask the mysterious God of life; for no one knows such things. She gave him nothing, no nothing did she give him and yet he thanked her. She said: Give me your peace and your reason! And he was only sorry she did not ask for his life.
Knut Hamsun, Pan

Knut Hamsun
To me, it seems unspeakably shabby to make a fuss over charity. You're walking along the street one day, the weather is so and so and you see such and such people, all of which builds up a certain mood in you. Suddenly you catch sight of a face, a child's face, a beggar's face----let's say a beggar's face---which makes you tremble. A strange sensation vibrates through your soul, and you stamp your foot and come to a halt. This face has struck an exceptionally sensitive chord in you, and you lure ...more
Knut Hamsun, Mysteries

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