num_pages: 253
description: This book documents the period of Hamsun's life where he could not make enough money through his writing to buy food or pay rent. Resembling the punishment of Sisyphus, a Greek king condemned by Hades to roll a boulder up a hill only to have it role down again each time he reached the pinnacle, the narrator is faced with constant frustration of repetitive rejection.--worldcat
language: English
title: Hunger
titlecomplete: Hunger
genres: Fiction, Philosophy, Roman, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Nobel Prize, Literary Fiction, Scandinavian Literature
ratings_count: 53458
places: Kristiania (Oslo)
publisher: Canongate Books