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The midnight sun illumines more than fishing and fjords in this remote northern Norwegian village. In fact, half-baked schemes and hilarity abound. Big Ove Rolandsen, telegraph operator, mad... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1494711842
ISBN13:9781494711849
Release Date:December 2013
Publisher:Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:106 Pages
Weight:0.34 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
A delightful, humorous well-crafted novel
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Hamsun is an author everyone should read - his clear and precise language, his ability to pick details that build fully human characters, and his wicked sense of humor all make for reading at its best.In this novel, a young but ambitious telegraph operator who is a womanizing drunk as well as a clever inventor seeks capital to make his dreams of better, cheaper fish-glue with dye as a byproduct. Along the way one meets the fiancee he can't get rid of, a curate with a hell-fire-brimstone manner and a wife who is spoiled and childish, lay-helpers with hidden hatreds ... a whole village of believable characters acting in very human ways.This is not a deep, philosophical novel but through the characters' actions there is a sense of hopefulness that overpowers the foibles.
Optimistic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
What a delight this little book is! And to think that I expected Hamsun to be either experimental, or to have a heavy writing style so common among classic writers... Snip: (...).
Great Introduction to Hamsun
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Light as gossamer, beautiful, and surprisingly insightful. Hamsun is a master of the human experience. His simple, visual style disguises a deep understanding of life. Dreamers is short and sweet - a great way to discover a Nobel prize winning author
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