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One of the most important and controversial writers of the 20th century, Knut Hamsun made literary history with the publication in 1890 of this powerful, autobiographical novel recounting the abject poverty, hunger and despair of a young writer struggling to achieve self-discovery and its ultimate artistic expression. The book probes the psychodynamics of alienation and obsession, painting an unforgettable portrait of a man driven by forces beyond his control to the edge of self-destruction. Hamsun influenced many of the major 20th-century writers who followed him, including Kafka, Joyce and Henry Miller.

Unul dintre cei mai importanti si controversati scriitori ai secolului al XX-lea, Knut Hamsun a facut istorie literara prin publicarea in 1890 a acestui roman puternic, autobiografic, care povesteste saracia, foamea si disperarea abjecta a unui tanar scriitor care se lupta sa realizeze descoperirea de sine si ultima sa expresie artistica. Cartea sondeaza psihodinamica alienarii si obsesiei, pictand un portret de neuitat al unui om condus de forte aflate dincolo de controlul sau pana la marginea autodistrugerii.