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>> No.20720430

>>20720420
Who?

>> No.20721850

AHH I HAVENT EATEN MY MCDONALDS TODAY IM LITERALLY GOING INSANEEEE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

>> No.20721857

>>20720420
Nah, he is great and one of my favorites but he was a tad myopic in his writting.

>> No.20721864

In hindsight I really liked his Segelfoss books, they've stuck with me.

>> No.20722990

>>20721850
Now I want a burgerpunk Hunger. Would be Kino.

>> No.20722993

>>20720420
Niggas really discover hamsun for the first time and make him their entire personality for a few weeks

>> No.20723071

>>20722993
Stupid wigger.

>> No.20723082
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20723082

>>20723071
>Stupid wigger.

>> No.20723119
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>>20723082
This stranger got no chin lmao how you finna come back from that my nigga

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>>20723119
>This stranger got no chin lmao how you finna come back from that my nigga

>> No.20723503

>>20721857
How so? Have you read Growth of the Soil? And stylistically the stream of consciousness of Hunger is far ahead of it's time, based on a very novel theory of how the unconscious appears in text, as he explains in his "From the Unconscious Life of the Mind".

>> No.20724082

>>20721864
How so?

>> No.20724261

>>20724082
I just mean I think about the scenes and characters a lot and look forward to re-reading it. But I've still got plenty of his other books to read first.

>> No.20724701

>>20720420
Hunger is his only good book, and far better than Notes. the rest is mid.

>> No.20724720

>>20724701
You're mid

>> No.20724725

>>20724720
I don't know what that means and I do not care.

>> No.20724756

>>20724725
>t. mid

>> No.20725166

>>20723503
Growth of the Soil and Hunger are the two standouts and there is good reason they are the most widely read of his works by a long shot. If they were representative of his entire bibliography than I would agree, but they are not.

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Mysteries was great, I highly recommend it.

>> No.20726216

>>20725886
Why?

>> No.20726904

>>20724701
Stupid wigger.

>> No.20727147

>>20726904
Why?

>> No.20727216

>>20727147
>mid
Wigger ebonics are cringe.

As for Hunger being his only good book, I disagree with that, though I've barely scratched the surface of his bibliography. But it's all subjective at the end of the day, if you/he has opinions on his other books I'd love to read them.
Mysteries seemed to me like a better Hunger. Much funnier, much stranger but also more touching. His later books are less wild, more traditional in structure, far more sombre, even bitter. Each novel plays on the same themes and the same character archetypes crop up in every book. It's fun to watch as they develop. The protagonist of Hunger and Mysteries, the wild man, begins to play a more background, but ultimately still important role. Dreamers, Children of the Age and Segelfoss Town are all enjoyable works, but for me the two that hit hardest were Under the Autumn Star and its sequel, A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings. But they're so distant from Hunger I can understand why someone might like that but not those. Hell, even his pre-Hunger short stories about his time in America are quite good.