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Just started this and reads uncannily close to a continuation of 'Notes From Underground' written by a less handy writer. Is this how this is going to be then?

>> No.5101434

>Reading translations.

Oh boy, you haven't read Hunger nor Notes from the underground.

>> No.5101485

>>5101434
Back the fuck up anon

>> No.5101769

Still at it

>> No.5101858

>>5101429
Personally I found Hunger much more interesting than Notes from Underground, since it combined the existentialist introspection of the protagonist with a visceral depiction of poverty and the struggle to stay alive. Plus at times it gave off the same vibe as Kafka, despite predating all of Kafka's writing.

At the same time I read Hunger before Notes, so perhaps if the order had been reversed I would have felt differently.

>> No.5102085

>>5101858
Kafka was inspired by Hamsun, as was Hemingway, Mann, Miller, Hesse etc.

Hunger is a great book, sadly I haven't read Notes from the underground yet so I can't compare.

>> No.5102320

>>5101429
I too have read Notes from Underground and wanted to read Hunger.
Is it a lot alike? I found Notes okay but not too good...

>> No.5102363

Been interested in reading Pan, but this looks rather intriguing as well.

Which translations of Hamsun are worthwhile?

>> No.5102394

I enjoyed Hunger. Pretty funny for a book about a wannabe writer starving. Pan is still my favorite Hamsun though. Growth of the Soil is worth a read.

>> No.5102469

>>5102363
the new ones from penguin by someone named lyngstad

>> No.5103269

>>5102085
>Kafka was inspired by Hamsun, as was Hemingway, Mann, Miller, Hesse etc.
Source?

>> No.5103409

>>5103269
http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=30228

>> No.5103575

>>5103409
>Hamsun is now remembered for his controversial political views as much as for his work. He supported Nazi Germany both before World War II and after Germany occupied Norway in April 1940.

dropped this nazi

>> No.5103581

>>5103575
so did Heidegger and cioran but their works are still legitimate

don't hate the player, hate the game

>> No.5103591

>>5102320
>>5102469

Sverre Lyngstad, yeah go for his.

I liked Hunger more than Notes from the Underground really. Just finished Mysteries last week and would recommend it as well

>> No.5103645

>>5103575


this post is pure ideology.

>> No.5103668

I read Notes from the Underground when I was about 19 I think, and Hunger when I was 22. I really enjoyed Notes at the time, and found Hunger quite boring. I think the age you are when you read these sort of works makes a big difference.

>> No.5105112

>>5103645
how is it ideology

>> No.5105400

so basically hamsun somehow got his hands on notes and copied it, and the others read it first because dostoevsky wasn't popular enough yet, so they thought they owe it to hamsun but he was just a cheap copy

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5105441

>>5101429
I just finished the first part of "growth of the soil".

Enjoyed it quite a bit. Browsing through goodreads I saw Hamsun's most read book is hunger. Should I pick it up after I finish growth of the soil? Granted goodreads ratings dont really mean shit, but still, if all his books are this entertaining I might have to pick them up.

I really enjoy pace of "GOTS" he treats the story like real life. Everyday exciting shit doesnt happen. Same with GOTS, some days Isak just chops wood and Inger just milks the cows and teaches the little girl to read. Other days Isak buys a piece of equipment and a goat and tends to the cattle.

Then there are days where something major happens, like a murder. But the event itself doesnt really effect the day to day routine of the characters. They keep on living and doing their duties.

To many on /lit/ GOTS might sound boring as hell, but to me, it paints a rather aquried picture of real life. You work, shit, sleep, then something happens, you react, then go back to your daily affairs. Of course you think about the "major" event but it doesnt effect so much that you go off on a tangent and try to murder everyone you know, or go off on an adventure searching for some item that will solve your problem. You just say shit happens and move on.

Kind of a long response, but I've never seen anyone talk about GOTS on here.... and I'm really enjoying the book.

>> No.5105452

>>5105441
I much preferred Hunger to Growth of the Soil, but they're also very different books.

For Growth of the Soil, what did you make of the main character having a confrontation with "Satan" out in the woods?