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Beginning Hamsun, I think. Steady-as-she-goes. Good writing. Plot plods a bit.
I read the Bly translation.
My edition had an intro by Paul Auster. It took me forever to get through the intro, the book was much more interesting. But between the intro and the afterword (by Bly) I ended up with a lot of questions:
1) Auster implies the Hamsun starved himself for art, and to have material to create his art. And when he was done, he left
2) Bly makes it clear that though this novel is based on his life, it is not an autobiography. Hamsun was starving on and off for 10 years, tryin ...more
My edition had an intro by Paul Auster. It took me forever to get through the intro, the book was much more interesting. But between the intro and the afterword (by Bly) I ended up with a lot of questions:
1) Auster implies the Hamsun starved himself for art, and to have material to create his art. And when he was done, he left
2) Bly makes it clear that though this novel is based on his life, it is not an autobiography. Hamsun was starving on and off for 10 years, tryin ...more
Pippi Longstocking it ain't. Could the general gloom of Norwegian literature have anything to do with SAD?
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Disturbing, angsty. Do not read while eating.
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