Ta for posting the book. I read it years agao. A defo 'modern'novel. Way before its time.
hidari
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Originally Posted by carchase
from Wikipedia:
Hamsun first received wide acclaim with his 1890 novel Hunger (Sult). The semi-autobiographical work described a young and egocentric writer's descent into near madness as a result of hunger and poverty in the Norwegian capital of Kristiania. To many, the novel presaged the writings of Franz Kafka and other twentieth-century novelists with its internal monologue and bizarre logic.
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