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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.
21 de ago. de 2023 · In Growth of the Soil, we follow Isak, a man without a last name, without a history, as he settles the untamed wilderness of the far North. Beginning with nothing but a few tools, he slowly gains a foothold in the vast solitude, carving out first a homestead, then a household, and a legacy. This is the tale of man and his connection to the soil ...
Growth of the Soil was published in 1917 to universal acclaim. A mid- to late-career work for Hamsun, it was celebrated for its then-revolutionary use of literary techniques like stream of consciousness, and for its unadorned depiction of pastoral life.
Growth of the Soil, Volumes 1-2. Knut Hamsun. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1958 - Fiction - 448 pages. "Story revolves around two individuals, Inger and Isak, and their elemental existence in the rough, open country of Norway." *** "I do not know how to express the admiration I feel for this wonderful book without seeming to be extravagant.
30 de ago. de 2008 · Paperback – August 30, 2008. "The Growth of the Soil" is the novel by Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Stylistically it has a simplicity which reflects its subject matter and there prevails what Worster calls a "Miltonic monumental calm". Hamsun also has the qualities of a Norwegian Steinbeck ...
29 de oct. de 2007 · Growth of the Soil. When Hamsun won the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1920, it was mostly because of this 1917 novel, an epic vision of peasant life in Norway’s backcountry. The saga of Isak and ...
Growth of the Soil. Knut Hamsun. Courier Corporation, Jul 2, 2013 - Fiction - 368 pages. A grand, sweeping saga of sacrifice and struggle, this epic tale recaptures the world of Norwegian homesteaders at the turn of the twentieth century. Isak and Inger, an idealistic young couple, reject modern society to raise their family on a back country farm.
