Pan |
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Author:
| Hamsun, Knut |
Translator:
| Worster, W. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4929-2716-7 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $6.95 |
Book Description:
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Norwegian Nobel Prize winner, Knut Hamsun, wrote his highly regarded novel, "Pan", while living in Paris. Strongly influenced by Dostoyevsky, it is first a work of great beauty and simplicity that can be experienced on many levels. Commenting on his work in progress, Knut Hamsun said, "My new book will be beautiful; it takes place in Nordland, a quiet and red love story. There will be no polemics in it, just people under different skies." The novel continues to convey its seductive...
More DescriptionNorwegian Nobel Prize winner, Knut Hamsun, wrote his highly regarded novel, "Pan", while living in Paris. Strongly influenced by Dostoyevsky, it is first a work of great beauty and simplicity that can be experienced on many levels. Commenting on his work in progress, Knut Hamsun said, "My new book will be beautiful; it takes place in Nordland, a quiet and red love story. There will be no polemics in it, just people under different skies." The novel continues to convey its seductive charm to readers more than a century after it was published in 1894, and although it has provoked many varied interpretations, it remains still...an enigma.