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Hunger

Knut Hamsun

Start date: January 1, 2019

Finish date: January 31, 2019

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Aug 14, 2013 Chrissie rated it it was ok

Shelves: audible-us, norway, classics, 2014-read, bio

This book was not more than OK.

The basic problem for me was that the central character, an author in Christiania (Oslo), Norway, just didn't convince me he was really hungry. I guess he was, because his hair was falling out in clumps. At the same time he had such pride and this stopped him from accepting any help offered him. If you are really starving do you refuse food? One thing is clear. He was ether hallucinating, due to a lack of food, or he was quite simply crazy. I couldn't figure out wh ...more

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Jul 07, 2018 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it did not like it

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Nothing about this book worked for me. It is told my a narrator that I detested. It is written in a stream of consciousness style with very little punctuation, and so far the only books written in that style that I liked were all written by Faulkner. If the character is not one I like I need a good plot, and unfortunately the plot is non-existent.

The book is about hunger and it left me hungry -- for a book I would enjoy.

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