Growth of the Soil
Knut Hamsun
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.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Knut HamsunPublisher: Penguin GroupPublished: 10/01/2007ISBN: 9780143105107Pages: 328Weight: 0.65lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00dReview Citations: Library Journal 11/15/2007 pg. 92
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Book Title
Growth of the Soil
ISBN
9780143105107
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Knut Hamsun
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 10/01/2007
ISBN: 9780143105107
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Library Journal 11/15/2007 pg. 92
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Knut Hamsun
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 10/01/2007
ISBN: 9780143105107
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Library Journal 11/15/2007 pg. 92
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Knut Hamsun
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 10/01/2007
ISBN: 9780143105107
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Library Journal 11/15/2007 pg. 92
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Knut Hamsun
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 10/01/2007
ISBN: 9780143105107
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Library Journal 11/15/2007 pg. 92
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