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A review by alfsan
Hunger by Knut Hamsun
5.0
First of all this book is a tough read. It talks about the spiraling to the bottom of poverty and of one self in such a real way it gives you the frills and lets you sulking in thought for days to come. You will never see homeless people in a common/indifferent way again.
The prose is magnificent. The character is a mix of Palahniuk meets Kerouac and written by Dostoyevsky and Gogol. Just beautiful and brilliant.
It's so amazingly written and so witty that is hard to believe it's a book from the 19th century!
The writer doesn't go into deep description of the setting, although the story takes place in Oslo, which gives it a wider opportunity to focus on the mental development of the character.
I found out about Knut on an exhibition at the Tate in London, and although I lived in Oslo, had never heard about him! ..... Norsk folk, you need to make a massive statue of the man!
The prose is magnificent. The character is a mix of Palahniuk meets Kerouac and written by Dostoyevsky and Gogol. Just beautiful and brilliant.
It's so amazingly written and so witty that is hard to believe it's a book from the 19th century!
The writer doesn't go into deep description of the setting, although the story takes place in Oslo, which gives it a wider opportunity to focus on the mental development of the character.
I found out about Knut on an exhibition at the Tate in London, and although I lived in Oslo, had never heard about him! ..... Norsk folk, you need to make a massive statue of the man!