num_pages: 460
description: In this Norwegian saga of restlessness, Hamsun presents young Edevart, a headstrong boy ill at ease with books, but fiercely self-determined and eager to escape his poor village of Polden. He becomes a close friend of August, a man-orphan, rootless, who sings fantastic tales of a wondrous world. In their years of seafaring, peddling, and raucous-raising--sometimes together, sometimes separated--Edevart grows in understanding, becoming a cunning businessman, experiencing the exhilaration and devastation of love and learning to enjoy the freedom of his wandering lifestyle. Nobel Prize-winner Hamsun expertly weaves the clashing ideologies;the draw of a comfortable home and the excitement of adventure and the sea;with Edevart's own picaresque, as it drifts between restlessness and a peaceful happiness.
language: English
title: Wayfarers
titlecomplete: Wayfarers
characters: August, Edevart
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Literature, Classics, Novels, Travel, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Scandinavian Literature
ratings_count: 806
places: Norway
series: August-trilogien
publisher: Souvenir Press