Project Gutenberg 2016-10-25 Public domain in the USA. 118 Hamsun, Knut 1859 1952 Gamsun, Knut Hamsund, Knut Pedersen Pedersen, Knut Thode, Knut Kärkkäinen, Viki 1883 1946 Karkkainen, Viki Sult. Finnish Nälkä Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_(Hamsun_novel) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4lk%C3%A4_(romaani) Produced by Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen "Nälkä" by Knut Hamsun is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around an unnamed protagonist grappling with profound hunger and existential despair as he wanders through the streets of Kristiania (now Oslo), reflecting on his failed ambitions and increasingly precarious situation. Through his experiences, Hamsun delves into themes of poverty, ambition, and the human psyche. The beginning of the novel introduces the main character in a state of acute hunger and restlessness, revealing his cramped living conditions and deteriorating mental state. He reflects on his recent failures in finding employment, and as he wanders the city, he is bombarded by the sights and sounds of life surrounding him. Though he craves food and stability, he often becomes distracted by fleeting thoughts and encounters, such as his interactions with various characters in the streets, including an old man asking for coins and a woman he finds suddenly captivating. This opening sets the tone for a compelling exploration of isolation and the struggle for meaning amidst the challenges of modern life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 50.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. fi Authors -- Fiction Norway -- Fiction Hunger -- Fiction Starvation -- Fiction Urban poor -- Fiction PT Text Category: Novels 416617 2025-07-21T09:33:59.859721 text/html 416452 416367 2024-10-22T08:20:46.296566 2023-09-23T06:33:01.466051 text/html text/html 212399 2025-07-21T09:34:05.868695 application/epub+zip 219059 2025-07-21T09:34:01.596666 application/epub+zip 219057 2025-07-21T09:34:00.507704 application/epub+zip 349487 2025-07-21T09:34:09.159651 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328932 2025-07-21T09:34:05.215712 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315042 2022-09-24T08:36:07.065204 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382422 2025-07-21T09:33:59.411729 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 362755 2024-10-23T01:18:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19470 2025-07-21T09:34:09.289678 application/rdf+xml 7720 2025-07-21T09:34:00.996695 image/jpeg 2133 2025-07-21T09:34:00.750675 image/jpeg 208604 2025-07-21T09:33:59.894697 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fi.wikipedia no.wikipedia en.wikipedia