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Set in the ostensible location of Kristiania (Oslo), this is a compelling trip into the mind of a young writer driven by starvation to fluctuating extremes of euphoria and despair. The narrator is forever on the verge of madness and suicide. Reviews Hunger is the crux of Hamsun's claims to mastery. This is the classic novel of humiliation, even beyond DostoevskyObserverOne of the most disturbing novels in existenceTime OutAn excellent new translation . . . this Hunger deserves to be the standard English versionTimes Literary SupplementHamsun has the qualities that belong...Read More