Hunger (Hamsun novel)

Hunger
	First edition
Author	Knut Hamsun
Original title	Sult
Translator	George Egerton (1899) ; Robert Bly (1967) ; Sverre Lyngstad (1996)
Language	Norwegian
Genre	Psychological novel; Philosophical novel
Publication date	1890
Publication place	Norway
OCLC	69732953

Hunger (Norwegian: Sult) is a novel by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun published in 1890 by P.G. Philipsens Forlag.^[1] The novel has been hailed as the literary opening of the 20th century^[2] and an outstanding example of modern, psychology-driven literature.^[3] Hunger portrays the irrationality of the human mind in an intriguing and sometimes humorous manner.

^ Undheim, Inga Henriette (2020-12-29), "Sult", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved 2021-10-21
^ "The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun. They were completely Hamsun's disciples: Thomas Mann and Arthur Schnitzler (...) and even such American writers as Fitzgerald and Hemingway." Isaac Bashevis Singer in 'Knut Hamsun, Artist of Skepticism', preface to the Robert Bly translation.
^ Brynildsen, Aasmund (1973). Svermeren og hans demon (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Dreyers Forlag. ISBN 82-09-01137-5.

[:1-1] Undheim, Inga Henriette (2020-12-29), "Sult", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved 2021-10-21

[2] "The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun. They were completely Hamsun's disciples: Thomas Mann and Arthur Schnitzler (...) and even such American writers as Fitzgerald and Hemingway." Isaac Bashevis Singer in 'Knut Hamsun, Artist of Skepticism', preface to the Robert Bly translation.

[3] Brynildsen, Aasmund (1973). Svermeren og hans demon (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Dreyers Forlag. ISBN 82-09-01137-5.

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Hunger (Hamsun novel)

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