Title: Hunger Author: Knut Hamsun Translator: Sverre Lyngstad ISBN-13: 9781841958194 Release date: August 31, 2006 Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd Genre: literary fiction, modernism, existentialism Source: public library Verdict: “The thought of God began to occupy me again. It seemed to me quite inexcusable for him to meddle everytime I applied for a job and thus [...]

Book review: I Curse the River of Time – Per Petterson

Title: I Curse the River of Time Author: Per Petterson Translator: Charlotte Barslund ISBN: 9781846553011 Release date: July 27, 2010 Publisher: Harvill Secker Genre: literary fiction Source: library Challenges: Nordic challenge Verdict: Excerpt: “[The picture] showed the human Mao, someone I felt drawn to, someone who had felt how time was battling his body, as [...]

Book review: Out Stealing Horses – Per Petterson

Title: Out Stealing Horses Author: Per Petterson Translator: Anne Born ISBN: 9781843432296 Release date: January 24, 2006 Publisher: Harvill Secker Genre: contemporary fiction, literary fiction Source: library Challenges: Nordic challenge Verdict: Excerpt: “We were going out stealing horses. That was what he said, standing at the door to the cabin where I was spending the [...]

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