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Hunger
by HAMSUN, Knut
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967. First edition (stated first printing). 8vo. Black boards backed with tan cloth; black spine titles; red topstain; dust jacket. Light bumping to base of spine, else fine in a fine, unclipped jacket. A particularly sharp copy of this deft translation of Hamsun's masterpiece, with dust jacket design by Milton Glaser. Translated by Robert Bly, with an introduction by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Synopsis
First 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.
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- Bookseller
- Dividing Line Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002465
- Title
- Hunger
- Author
- HAMSUN, Knut
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1967
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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