num_pages: 240
description: Librarian's note: older cover for ISBN 9780141180649.One of the first modernist novelsFirst published in Norway in 1890, Hunger probes into the depths of consciousness with frightening and gripping power. Like the works of Dostoyevsky, it marks an extraordinary break with Western literary and humanistic traditions.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.--penguinrandomhouse.com
language: English
title: Hunger
titlecomplete: Hunger
genres: Fiction, Philosophy, Roman, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Nobel Prize, Literary Fiction, Scandinavian Literature
ratings_count: 53462
places: Kristiania (Oslo)
publisher: Penguin Classics