- On Overgrown Paths
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On Overgrown Paths Author(s) Knut Hamsun Translator Sverre Lyngstad Country Norway Language Norwegian Genre(s) Diary Publisher Green Integer Publication date 1949 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) ISBN 1-892295-10-5 OCLC Number 42690449 On Overgrown Paths (1949) is the last literary work by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun, and is seen as the author's attempt at proving his soundness of mind after his sanity was called into question. The English language translation was carried out by Sverre Lyngstad and the original Norwegian version was published in 1949 with the title of Paa gjengrodde Stier.
The book is part fiction, part diary, part an old man's apologia and part a pamphlet in opposition to the ruling given in the 1948 court trial against him, that he had "permanently impaired mental abilities".
The writing of this book is shown, in part, in the film Hamsun (1996), directed by Jan Troell. In the film, Hamsun is portrayed by Swedish actor Max von Sydow.
Works by Knut Hamsun 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)
Categories:- 1949 novels
- Novels by Knut Hamsun
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