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Columbia MO: University of Missouri, 2003. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. When Americans remember him at all, they no doubt think of Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) as the author of Hunger or as the Norwegian who, along with Vidkun Quisling, betrayed his country by supporting the Nazis during World War II. Yet Hamsun, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1920 for his novel The Growth of the Soil, was and remains one of the most important and influential novelists of his time. Knut Hamsun Remembers America is a collection of thirteen essays and stories based largely on Hamsun’s experiences during the four years he spent in the United States when he was a young man. Most of these pieces have never been published before in an English translation, and none are readily available. Hamsun’s feelings about America and American ways were complex. For the most part, they were more negative than positive, and they found expression in many of his writings—directly in…
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Knut Hamsun Remembers America: Essays and Stories, 1885-1949 Hardcover - 2003
by Knut Hamsun; Richard Nelson Current (Translator)
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When Americans remember him at all, they no doubt think of Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) as the author of Hunger or as the Norwegian who, along with Vidkun Quisling, betrayed his country by supporting the Nazis during World War II.
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- Title Knut Hamsun Remembers America: Essays and Stories, 1885-1949
- Author Knut Hamsun; Richard Nelson Current (Translator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition
- Pages 168
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Missouri Press, Columbia
- Date April 2003
- ISBN 9780826214560 / 0826214568
- Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.7 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Civilization, Hamsun, Knut - Travel - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002155800
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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