Mysteries (novel)

Mysteries (novel)
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Mysteries (Norwegian: Mysterier, 1892) is a novel by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun.

Plot introduction

In this intensely psychological Modernist[1] novel, the community of a small Norwegian coastal town is "[shaken]"[2] by the arrival of eccentric stranger Johan Nagel. An eccentric stranger who proceeds to shock, bewilder, and beguile its bourgeoisie inhabitants with his bizarre behavior, feverish rants, and uncompromising self-revelations. [3]

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References

  1. ^ James Wood. "Addicted to Unpredictability." November 26, 1998. London Review. November 8, 2008 <http://www.lrb.co.uk/v20/n23/wood02_.html>
  2. ^ Sven Birkerts. Introduction. Mysteries. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006: 10
  3. ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0141186186
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Hunger (1890) · Mysteries (1892) · Pan (1894) · Victoria (1898) · In Wonderland (1903) · Mothwise (1904) · Under the Autumn Star (1906) · Benoni (1908) · Rosa (1908) · Segelfoss Town (1915) · Growth of the Soil (1917) · The Women at the Pump (1920) · Wayfarers (1927) · August (1930) · The Road Leads On (1933) · The Ring is Closed (1936) · On Overgrown Paths (1949)

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