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Mysteries
Mysteries
paperback
Published:
1 March, 2011
Description
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780285647299 |
| ISBN10 | 0285647296 |
| Number Of Pages | 352 |
| Item Weight | 245 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 21 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
Mysteries is closer to me than any other book I've read. -- Henry Miller
Hamsun has the qualities that belong to the very great, the completest omniscience about human nature. -- Rebecca West
A rare understanding of human nature comes through, expressed in a measured, elegiac and lyrical prose. * Sunday Telegraph *
Hamsun is one of the great writers of this century - his nearest British equivalent being I suspect Thomas Hardy. Hamsun's novels have the simplicity of total self-possession, of the clearest possible understanding of the human world... a unique beauty of expression. * Sunday Times *
The most outstanding Norwegian writer since Ibsen. * Times Literary Supplement *
I read these novels with the gently expanding recognition due only to the great writers. -- Doris Lessing * The Independent *
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Author's Bio
Born in 1859, Knut Hamsun's early works were forceful and polemic. In his later work, he became more compassionate, drawing inspiration from the country people of his native Norway. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920 for Growth of the Soil. He has been recognised as one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century.