Markens grøde (1917)
Markens grøde is a 1917 Norwegian-language literature book written by Knut Hamsun and William John Alexander Worster.
The epic novel of man and nature that won its author the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first new English translation since the novel's original publication ninety years ago When it was first published in 1917, Growth of the Soil was immediately recognized as a masterpiece. Ninety years later it remains a transporting literary experience. In the story of Isak, who leaves his village to clear a homestead and raise a family amid the untilled tracts of the Norwegian back country, Knut Hamsun evokes the elemental bond between humans and the land. Newly translated by the acclaimed Hamsun scholar Sverre Lyngstad, Hamsun's novel is a work of preternatural calm, stern beauty, and biblical power, and the crowning achievement of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.
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What is Markens grøde about?
The epic novel of man and nature that won its author the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first new English translation since the novel's original publication ninety years ago When it was first published in 1917, Growth of the Soil was immediately recognized as a masterpiece. Ninety years later it remains a transporting literary experience. In the story of Isak, who leaves his village to clear a homestead and raise a family amid the untilled tracts of the Norwegian back country, Knut Hamsun evokes the elemental bond between humans and the land. Newly translated by the acclaimed Hamsun scholar Sverre Lyngstad, Hamsun's novel is a work of preternatural calm, stern beauty, and biblical power, and the crowning achievement of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.
When was Markens grøde published?
Markens grøde was published in 1917.
Who made Markens grøde?
Markens grøde was written by Knut Hamsun and William John Alexander Worster.