Mysteries (novel)
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Mysteries (Norwegian: Mysterier, 1892) is a novel by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun.
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In this intensely psychological Modernist[1] novel, the community of a small Norwegian coastal town is "[shaken]"[2] by the arrival of eccentric stranger Johan Nagel. An eccentric stranger who proceeds to shock, bewilder, and beguile its bourgeoisie inhabitants with his bizarre behavior, feverish rants, and uncompromising self-revelations.[3]
[edit] Release details
- Mysteries, Knut Hamsun, Penguin Books, New York, 2001, ISBN 0-14-118618-6
[edit] References
- ^ James Wood. "Addicted to Unpredictability." November 26, 1998. London Review. November 8, 2008 <http://www.lrb.co.uk/v20/n23/wood02_.html>
- ^ Sven Birkerts. Introduction. Mysteries. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006: 10
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0141186186
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