Hunger

Written by Knut Hamsun

Narrated by Gunnar Cauthery

Verging on death, a starving, destitute writer navigates the cold and indifferent city of Kristiania in search of his next meal. Frenzied and fevered, he chews on stale bread, devours scraps of wood and bites his own finger, sleeping under the stars in old, pungent blankets, until one day he is able to sell an article and buy some food – only for the cycle then to repeat itself… Knut Hamsun’s first novel, Hunger won the author the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920 and went on to influence the likes of Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Charles Bukowski and Henry Miller. This recording uses the 1996 translation by Sverre Lyngstad, which is considered to be the definitive version in English.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
• Release date: Oct 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781843798828

Knut Hamsun

Born in 1859, Knut Hamsun published a stunning series of novels in the 1890s: Hunger (1890), Mysteries (1892) and Pan (1894). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920 for Growth of the Soil.

Reviews for Hunger

[Sr. Pritzel Diseño · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I can tell definitely why it's a classic of literature; the narrative flows like butter, and every piece of the story is wonderfully constructed. I really liked that it allows you to see the point of view of the main character without telling you explicitly what the reality is outside.