
festivebug
May 8, 2025 10:34 PM
anyone read knut hamsun? i picked up hunger and pan from the library today. curious if anyone has any thoughts on his writing, thx :)
amf
17 days ago
Growth of the Soil and Victoria didn't really do it for me, but I quite liked Mysteries, and Hunger and Pan are both masterworks. If you like him, I strongly suggest Par Lagerkvist for more Scando-misery.
anaca
20 days ago
Hunger was good, but I've read it so long ago I only remember the vague impression it left on me.
yarb
22 days ago
Both are great, but I like Mysteries even more. I haven't read his later stuff but Hunger, Mysteries and Pan are all thrilling and ahead of their time. He went a bit crackers later in life and was a Nazi sympathiser which seems to have reduced his readership these days.