Here\u00a0is\u00a0another book by acclaimed Norwegian Author Knut Hamsun.
<\/div>I present this book as\u00a0it is, though a work of fiction, an interesting look into the daily life in Norway in the late 1800’s. This\u00a0is the\u00a0first book of the August trilogy.
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Wayfarers<\/div><\/h5>\n
In this Norwegian saga of restlessness, Hamsun presents young Edevart, a headstrong boy ill at ease with books, but fiercely self-determined and eager to escape his poor village of Polden. He becomes a close friend of August, a man-orphan, rootless, who sings fantastic tales of a wondrous world. In their years of seafaring, peddling, and raucous-raising\u2014sometimes together, sometimes separated\u2014Edevart grows in understanding, becoming a cunning businessman, experiencing the exhilaration and devastation of love and learning to enjoy the freedom of his wandering lifestyle. Nobel prize winner Hamsun expertly weaves the clashing ideologies\u2014the draw of a comfortable home and the excitement of adventure and the sea\u2014with Edevart’s own picaresque, as it drifts between restlessness and a peaceful happiness<\/span><\/div><\/div>