SO recently read Hunger and Growth of the Soil from Hamsun. Have enjoyed them both, Soil much more than Hunger. Although Hunger WAS good, it went, I felt, too long on. Got some vibes that Hamsun built his starving artist similar to the Underground man. The book was a decent 8/10
Growth of the Soil was a solid 9/10. I liked how (not so subtle) he alludes to what city life makes out of a man. For example, there are two infanticides in the book. Inger commits the first out of a fear (a pure fear) that the child is going to be deformed as she and will have a difficult life. The other woman Barbro kills her child because, hey, that's what the city folk in Trondheim do? Even the burial is different -- a make-do cross vs throwing in the river. Even how the Brothers, Eleseus and Sivert, meander two different ways. One is like his father and is a handyman, the other (after going to the city) is a dandy. Even Oline, who really isn't a positive character, isn't as evil as Barbro, she is just misguided (I felt so at least).
Geissler was a fun character but I didn't really think much about him, he was a man who brings news to Isak about the world and helps him out. Maybe Hamsun is trying to say: there are bad villagers -- Oline -- and good townsfolk -- Geissler -- but the City invariably corrupts men.
Don't read Hamsun, he was a full on nazi, even had an interview with Hitler (and ironically enough, Hitler hated him).
Read Sigrit Undset instead who was a catholic or Ibsen.
Carter Morales
>Not reading authors because of their political views You're a Human pile of shit.
Jason Morgan
Having different political views is fine, supporting the holocaust, the killing of many innocent people because of some sick ideology that's scientifically proven to be false is another thing entirely different.
Adam Hall
>Don't read Hamsun, he was a full on nazi
Christopher Howard
>having different political views is fine >condemning nazism as a "sick ideology" >different political views >"sick ideology" you should start practicing what you preach, fucking moron
Landon Rodriguez
user, everyone ignores hamsun's protests he's really a nazi: hitler, germany, the noweigians.
hamsun is the only people who declared himself a nazi and everyone else ignored him, he's that good. i'm not sure we didn't troll him about not being a nazi to get him to write the last book.
you might like steinbeck. same thing but communism
Kevin Brooks
I'm anti-gays though, I just don't think killing them or killing jews and black under the guise of a 'diferent political view' is going to solve anything.
Wyatt Perry
hey guys woah woah, don't read the posts of this guy! he is anti-gay!
Jason Rodriguez
>Having different political views is fine, as long as it is one of the pre-approved political views that I don't subjectively offensive. No ideology is objectively evil. No ideology is objectively genocidal. No matter what the political ideology, if an ideology has political hegemony, they will kill their opposition.
