| Growth of the Soil Contributor(s): Hamsun, Knut (Author), Lyngstad, Sverre (Translator), Leithauser, Brad (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143105108 ISBN-13: 9780143105107 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: The epic novel of man and nature that won its author the Nobel Prize in Literaturethe first new English translation since the novels original publication ninety years ago When it was first published in 1917, "Growth of the Soil" was immediately recognized as a masterpiece. Ninety years later it remains a transporting literary experience. In the story of Isak, who leaves his village to clear a homestead and raise a family amid the untilled tracts of the Norwegian back country, Knut Hamsun evokes the elemental bond between humans and the land. Newly translated by the acclaimed Hamsun scholar Sverre Lyngstad, Hamsuns novel is a work of preternatural calm, stern beauty, and biblical powerand the crowning achievement of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007060055 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.65 lbs) 352 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The epic novel of man and nature that won its author the Nobel Prize in Literature, in the first new English translation in more than ninety years A Penguin Classic When it was first published in 1917, Growth of the Soil was immediately recognized as a masterpiece. Ninety years later it remains a transporting literary experience. In the story of Isak, who leaves his village to clear a homestead and raise a family amid the untilled tracts of the Norwegian back country, Knut Hamsun evokes the elemental bond between humans and the land. Newly translated by the acclaimed Hamsun scholar Sverre Lyngstad, Hamsun's novel is a work of preternatural calm, stern beauty, and biblical power--and the crowning achievement of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. 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. |