Bibliograph

Mysteries, Knut Hamsun ; translated with an introduction and explanatory and textual notes by Sverre Lyngstad

Type

Label

Mysteries, Knut Hamsun ; translated with an introduction and explanatory and textual notes by Sverre Lyngstad

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Mysteries

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

44128168

Responsibility statement

Knut Hamsun ; translated with an introduction and explanatory and textual notes by Sverre Lyngstad

Review

"Mysteries is the story of Johan Nielson Nagel, a mysterious stranger who suddenly turns up in a small Norwegian town one summer - and just as suddenly disappears. Nagel is a complete outsider, a sort of modern Christ treated in a spirit of near parody. He condemns the politics and thought of the age, brings comfort to the "insulted and injured," and gains the love of two women suggestive of the biblical Mary and Martha. But there is a sinister side of him: in his vest he carries a vial of prussic acid."--Jacket

Series statement

Penguin twentieth-century classics

Target audience

adult

Classification