A young boy's father becomes obsessed with interplanetary visitors; an adolescent's game reveals devastating possible futures; twin siblings receive a visit from an aunt they don't remember in the wake of their mother's disappearance; a grieving widow finds herself drawn into a crypt and the compani
Tales of Love and Loss (Translated by Robert Ferguson 1997)
โ Scribed by Knut Hamsun
- Book ID
- 110632285
- Publisher
- Souvenir Press
- Year
- 1897
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 136 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780285633834
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
ebook, 199 pages
Paperback, 225 pages
Published: 1897
Edition: Souvenir Press (1997)
Translated from the Norwegian by: Robert Ferguson (1997)
Twenty stories ranging over every imaginable human emotion and situation, Tales of Love and Loss is a treat for all lovers of great writing. Knut Hamsun published only thtree collections of short stories during his lifetime and abandoned the form entirely after 1906. Most of these stories are translated into English for the first time ans this is the first publication for them outside Norway. Providing a fascinating commentary on the novels Hamsun was writing at the time and with forebodings of his much later work these stories are indispensable.
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