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Pan by Knut Hamsun

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Pan

From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's Papers

Knut Hamsun

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · September 1, 1998

Reading lane: Scandinavian Literary Collections

The Nobel Prize winner’s lyrical and disturbing portrait of love and the dark recesses of the human psyche A Penguin Classic A lone hunter accompanied only by his faithful dog, Aesop, Thomas Glahn roams Norway’s northernmost wilds.

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Why This Clicks

Wildness and Unease

A lyrical, unsettling classic where solitary life meets the complications of love.

Come here for

  • A hunter’s solitary life in Norway’s northern wilds
  • Love seen through a psychologically unsettling lens

Expect

  • Lyrical prose with a disturbing edge
  • An 1894 novel with an introduction and explanatory notes

Book Details

Authors
Knut Hamsun
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
September 1, 1998
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Scandinavian Literary Collections · German Literary Collections
Reading lane
Scandinavian Literary Collections

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Publisher Categories

  • The Classics

  • Fantasy Romance

  • Scandinavian Literary Collections

About This Book

The Nobel Prize winner’s lyrical and disturbing portrait of love and the dark recesses of the human psyche A Penguin Classic A lone hunter accompanied only by his faithful dog, Aesop, Thomas Glahn roams Norway’s northernmost wilds. Living out of a rude hut at the edge of a vast forest, Glahn pursues his solitary existence, hunting and fishing, until the strange girl Edvarda comes into his life. Sverre Lyngstad’s superb translation of Hamsun’s 1894 novel restores the power an...

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The Nobel Prize winner’s lyrical and disturbing portrait of love and the dark recesses of the human psyche A Penguin Classic A lone hunter accompanied only by his faithful dog, Aesop, Thomas Glahn roams Norway’s northernmost wilds. Living out of a rude hut at the edge of a vast forest, Glahn pursues his solitary existence, hunting and fishing, until the strange girl Edvarda comes into his life. Sverre Lyngstad’s superb translation of Hamsun’s 1894 novel restores the power and virtuosity of Hamsun’s original and includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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