Böcker av Knut Hamsun

Geschrieben von mir, geschrieben heute, um mein Herz zu erleichtern. Ich habe meine Stellung im Café verloren und meine frohen Tage.Ein junger Herr in grauem Anzug kam Abend für Abend mit zwei Freunden und setzte sich an einen meiner Tische. Es kamen so viele Herren und alle hatten ein freundliches Wort für mich, nur er nicht. Er war groß und schlank, hatte weiches, schwarzes Haar und blaue Augen, mit denen er mich zuweilen streifte, und einen Anflug von Bart auf der Oberlippe.Nun, er mochte anfangs wohl etwas gegen mich haben. Er kam eine ganze Woche hindurch ununterbrochen. Ich hatte mich an ihn gewöhnt und vermißte ihn, als er eines Abends ausblieb. Ich ging durch das ganze Café und sah mich nach ihm um; endlich fand ich ihn an einer der großen Säulen am anderen Ende; er saß mit einer Dame vom Cirkus zusammen. Sie trug ein gelbes Kleid und lange Handschuhe, die bis über die Ellenbogen reichten. Sie war jung und hatte schöne, dunkle Augen, und meine Augen waren blau.Ich blieb einen Augenblick bei ihnen stehen und hörte zu, wovon sie sprachen: sie machte ihm Vorwürfe, sie war seiner überdrüssig und hieß ihn gehen. Ich dachte in meinem Herzen: Heilige Jungfrau, warum geht er nicht zu mir?Am nächsten Abend kam er mit seinen beiden Freunden und nahm wieder an meinem Tisch Platz. Ich ging nicht heran, wie ich sonst wohl that, sondern stellte mich, als hätte ich sie nicht bemerkt. Als er mir winkte, trat ich an den Tisch und sagte: »Sie waren gestern nicht hier.«»Wie wundervoll unsere Kellnerin gewachsen ist,« sagte er zu seinen Kameraden.

" Es war in jener Zeit, als ich in Kristiania umherging und hungerte, in dieser seltsamen Stadt, die keiner verläßt, ehe er von ihr gezeichnet worden ist.........Ich lag wach in meiner Dachstube und hörte eine Uhr unter mir sechs Mal schlagen; es war schon ziemlich hell und die Menschen fingen an, die Treppen auf und nieder zu steigen. Unten bei der Türe, wo mein Zimmer mit alten Nummern des ¿Morgenblaes¿ tapeziert war, konnte ich ganz deutlich eine Bekanntmachung des Leuchtfeuerdirektors sehen, und ein wenig links davon eine fee, geschwollene Anzeige von frischgebackenem Brot des Bäckers Fabian Olsen. Sowie ich die Augen aufschlug, begann ich aus alter Gewohnheit nachzudenken, ob ich heute etwas häe, worauf ich mich freuen könnte. In der letzten Zeit war es mir ziemlich schlecht ergangen; eins nach dem anderen meiner Besitztümer hae ich zum ¿Onkel¿ bringen müssen, ich war nervös und unduldsam geworden; ein paar Mal mußte ich auch wegen Schwindels einen Tag lang im Be¿ bleiben. Hie und da, wenn das Glück mir günstig war, hae ich ünf Kronen ür ein Feuilleton von irgendeinem Blä ergaern können.Es tagte mehr und mehr, und ich begann, die Anzeigen unten bei der Türe zu lesen; ich konnte sogar die mageren grinsenden Buchstaben ¿Leichenwäsche bei Jungfer Andersen, rechts im Torweg¿ unterscheiden. Dies beschäigte mich eine lange Weile, ich hörte die Uhr unter mir acht schlagen, bevor ich aufstand und mich anzog."

Hunger is the first-person story of a young man desperately trying to establish himself in the city as a writer, living in shabby lodgings where he can seldom afford to pay the rent, eating almost nothing, and engaging spasmodically and manically with landladies, eccentric elderly men, policemen, shopkeepers, pawnbrokers, and others on the way.

One of Knut Hamsun's most famous works, it tells the story of Thomas Glahn, a lone hunter accompanied only by his faithful dog, Aesop.

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Knut Hamsun (August 4, 1859 - February 19, 1952) was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, subject, perspective and environment. He published more than 20 novels, a collection of poetry, some short stories and plays, a travelogue, works of non-fiction and some essays.Hamsun is considered to be "one of the most influential and innovative literary stylists of the past hundred years" (ca. 1890-1990). He pioneered psychological literature with techniques of stream of consciousness and interior monologue, and influenced authors such as Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Maxim Gorky, Stefan Zweig, Henry Miller, Hermann Hesse, John Fante and Ernest Hemingway. Isaac Bashevis Singer called Hamsun "the father of the modern school of literature in his every aspect-his subjectiveness, his fragmentariness, his use of flashbacks, his lyricism. The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun". Since 1916, several of Hamsun's works have been adapted into motion pictures. On August 4, 2009, the Knut Hamsun Centre was opened in Hamarøy.The young Hamsun objected to realism and naturalism. He argued that the main object of modernist literature should be the intricacies of the human mind, that writers should describe the "whisper of blood, and the pleading of bone marrow". Hamsun is considered the "leader of the Neo-Romantic revolt at the turn of the 20th century", with works such as Hunger (1890), Mysteries (1892), Pan (1894), and Victoria (1898). His later works-in particular his "Nordland novels"-were influenced by the Norwegian new realism, portraying everyday life in rural Norway and often employing local dialect, irony, and humour. Hamsun only published one poetry collection, The Wild Choir, which has been set to music by several composers.Hamsun had strong anti-English views, and openly supported Adolf Hitler and Nazi ideology. Due to his professed support for the German occupation of Norway, he was charged with treason after the war. He was not convicted, due to what was deemed psychological problems and issues with old age. (wikipedia.org)

Knut Hamsun (August 4, 1859 - February 19, 1952) was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, subject, perspective and environment. He published more than 20 novels, a collection of poetry, some short stories and plays, a travelogue, works of non-fiction and some essays.Hamsun is considered to be "one of the most influential and innovative literary stylists of the past hundred years" (ca. 1890-1990). He pioneered psychological literature with techniques of stream of consciousness and interior monologue, and influenced authors such as Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Maxim Gorky, Stefan Zweig, Henry Miller, Hermann Hesse, John Fante and Ernest Hemingway. Isaac Bashevis Singer called Hamsun "the father of the modern school of literature in his every aspect-his subjectiveness, his fragmentariness, his use of flashbacks, his lyricism. The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun". Since 1916, several of Hamsun's works have been adapted into motion pictures. On August 4, 2009, the Knut Hamsun Centre was opened in Hamarøy.The young Hamsun objected to realism and naturalism. He argued that the main object of modernist literature should be the intricacies of the human mind, that writers should describe the "whisper of blood, and the pleading of bone marrow". Hamsun is considered the "leader of the Neo-Romantic revolt at the turn of the 20th century", with works such as Hunger (1890), Mysteries (1892), Pan (1894), and Victoria (1898). His later works-in particular his "Nordland novels"-were influenced by the Norwegian new realism, portraying everyday life in rural Norway and often employing local dialect, irony, and humour. Hamsun only published one poetry collection, The Wild Choir, which has been set to music by several composers.Hamsun had strong anti-English views, and openly supported Adolf Hitler and Nazi ideology. Due to his professed support for the German occupation of Norway, he was charged with treason after the war. He was not convicted, due to what was deemed psychological problems and issues with old age. (wikipedia.org)

Knut Hamsun (August 4, 1859 - February 19, 1952) was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, subject, perspective and environment. He published more than 20 novels, a collection of poetry, some short stories and plays, a travelogue, works of non-fiction and some essays.Hamsun is considered to be "one of the most influential and innovative literary stylists of the past hundred years" (ca. 1890-1990). He pioneered psychological literature with techniques of stream of consciousness and interior monologue, and influenced authors such as Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Maxim Gorky, Stefan Zweig, Henry Miller, Hermann Hesse, John Fante and Ernest Hemingway. Isaac Bashevis Singer called Hamsun "the father of the modern school of literature in his every aspect-his subjectiveness, his fragmentariness, his use of flashbacks, his lyricism. The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun". Since 1916, several of Hamsun's works have been adapted into motion pictures. On August 4, 2009, the Knut Hamsun Centre was opened in Hamarøy.The young Hamsun objected to realism and naturalism. He argued that the main object of modernist literature should be the intricacies of the human mind, that writers should describe the "whisper of blood, and the pleading of bone marrow". Hamsun is considered the "leader of the Neo-Romantic revolt at the turn of the 20th century", with works such as Hunger (1890), Mysteries (1892), Pan (1894), and Victoria (1898). His later works-in particular his "Nordland novels"-were influenced by the Norwegian new realism, portraying everyday life in rural Norway and often employing local dialect, irony, and humour. Hamsun only published one poetry collection, The Wild Choir, which has been set to music by several composers.Hamsun had strong anti-English views, and openly supported Adolf Hitler and Nazi ideology. Due to his professed support for the German occupation of Norway, he was charged with treason after the war. He was not convicted, due to what was deemed psychological problems and issues with old age. (wikipedia.org)

Knut Hamsun (August 4, 1859 - February 19, 1952) was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, subject, perspective and environment. He published more than 20 novels, a collection of poetry, some short stories and plays, a travelogue, works of non-fiction and some essays.Hamsun is considered to be "one of the most influential and innovative literary stylists of the past hundred years" (ca. 1890-1990). He pioneered psychological literature with techniques of stream of consciousness and interior monologue, and influenced authors such as Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Maxim Gorky, Stefan Zweig, Henry Miller, Hermann Hesse, John Fante and Ernest Hemingway. Isaac Bashevis Singer called Hamsun "the father of the modern school of literature in his every aspect-his subjectiveness, his fragmentariness, his use of flashbacks, his lyricism. The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun". Since 1916, several of Hamsun's works have been adapted into motion pictures. On August 4, 2009, the Knut Hamsun Centre was opened in Hamarøy.The young Hamsun objected to realism and naturalism. He argued that the main object of modernist literature should be the intricacies of the human mind, that writers should describe the "whisper of blood, and the pleading of bone marrow". Hamsun is considered the "leader of the Neo-Romantic revolt at the turn of the 20th century", with works such as Hunger (1890), Mysteries (1892), Pan (1894), and Victoria (1898). His later works-in particular his "Nordland novels"-were influenced by the Norwegian new realism, portraying everyday life in rural Norway and often employing local dialect, irony, and humour. Hamsun only published one poetry collection, The Wild Choir, which has been set to music by several composers.Hamsun had strong anti-English views, and openly supported Adolf Hitler and Nazi ideology. Due to his professed support for the German occupation of Norway, he was charged with treason after the war. He was not convicted, due to what was deemed psychological problems and issues with old age. (wikipedia.org)

Hunger is Knut Hamsun's breakthrough novel about a young writer's efforts to practice his craft while battling extreme poverty and loneliness. The novel, written from the perspective of a struggling writer living in the city of Christiania, near Oslo, Norway, established Hamsun's reputation as one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. Today, this pivotal and provocative work is acknowledged as a feat of powerful originality and a premier example of the psychological novel. Hamsun's stream-of-consciousness technique and use of interior monologue influenced writers such as James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Henry Miller, Hermann Hesse, and Ernest Hemingway.