Hunger

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LibriVox recording of Hunger, by Knut Hamsun. Read by Greg W. Hunger (Norwegian: Sult) is a novel by the Norwegian author and Nobel Prize winner Knut Hamsun and was published in its final form in 1890. The novel has been hailed as the literary opening of the 20th century and an outstanding example of modern, psychology-driven literature. It hails the irrationality of the human mind in an intriguing and sometimes humorous novel. Written after Hamsun's return from an ill-fated tour of America, Hunger is loosely based on the author's own impoverished life before his breakthrough in 1890. Set in late 19th century Kristiania, the novel recounts the adventures of a starving young man whose sense of reality is giving way to a delusionary existence on the darker side of a modern metropolis. While he vainly tries to maintain an outer shell of respectability, his mental and physical decay are recounted in detail. His ordeal, enhanced by his inability or unwillingness to pursue a professional career, which he deems unfit for someone of his abilities, is pictured in a series of encounters which Hamsun himself described as 'a series of analyses.' In many ways, the protagonist of the novel displays traits reminiscent of Raskolnikov, whose creator, Fyodor Dostoevsky, was one of Hamsun's main influences. The influence of naturalist authors such as Emile Zola is apparent in the novel, as is his rejection of the realist tradition.(Introduction by Wikipedia) For further information, including l

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Knut Hamsun

克努特·汉姆生（挪威語：Knut Hamsun，1859年8月4日—1952年2月19日），挪威作家，1920年诺贝尔文学奖获得者。主要作品有《大地的成长》、《神秘的人》、《飢餓》和《在蔓草丛生中的小径》等。汉姆生被认为“过去的百年间（1890-1990）中最有影响力和最有创造力的文体家之一”他的意识流和内心独白手法影响了托马斯·曼、弗朗茨·卡夫卡、马克西姆·高尔基、斯蒂芬·茨威格、亨利·米勒、赫尔曼·黑塞和厄内斯特·海明威。此外，他信奉德国哲学家尼采的哲学。 他曾在各大报纸上发表赞扬希特勒侵略行为的文章，并在德国侵略挪威后仍继续这一行为。1946年被挪威最高法院判为叛国罪，被判软禁。1952年在家中逝世。

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