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From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's Papers
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · September 1, 1998
The Nobel Prize winner’s lyrical and disturbing portrait of love and the dark recesses of the human psyche A Penguin Classic A lone hunter accompanied only by his faithful dog, Aesop, Thomas Glahn roams Norway’s northernmost wilds.
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- Who it’s for
- A lyrical, unsettling classic where solitary life meets the complications of love.
- Themes
- Love and the human psyche, Solitary life in the wilderness
- Genres
- The Classics, Scandinavian Literary Collections, Literary Fiction
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The Nobel Prize winner’s lyrical and disturbing portrait of love and the dark recesses of the human psyche A Penguin Classic A lone hunter accompanied only by his faithful dog, Aesop, Thomas Glahn roams Norway’s northernmost wilds. Living out of a rude hut at the edge of a vast forest, Glahn pursues his solitary existence, hunting and fishing, until the strange girl Edvarda comes into his life.
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Sverre Lyngstad’s superb translation of Hamsun’s 1894 novel restores the power and virtuosity of Hamsun’s original and includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Wildness and Unease
A lyrical, unsettling classic where solitary life meets the complications of love.
Come here for
- A hunter’s solitary life in Norway’s northern wilds
- Love seen through a psychologically unsettling lens
Expect
- Lyrical prose with a disturbing edge
- An 1894 novel with an introduction and explanatory notes
Where it sits
| Literary Fiction | 68% |
|---|---|
| The Classics | 48% |
| Scandinavian Literary Collections | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Fantasy Romance
- Scandinavian Literary Collections
- Authors
- Knut Hamsun
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- September 1, 1998
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Love and the human psyche · Solitary life in the wilderness
- Reading lane
- The Classics