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This book is in my top-twenty list of 20th-century novels. I can't fathom how anyone with any literary sense could call the prose "stilted." Simple, yes, prosaic, perhaps; but spare and lean does not mean devoid of grace. Hemingway strove all his life to write this way. And let's not forget, Henry Miller held Hamsun and Celine (another politically incorrect master-novelist) in the highest possible regard and wrote that they both influenced him greatly. I cannot recommend this novel highly enough to anyone who loves literature. As far as the political context is concerned, let's remember that Zubin Mehta performed Wagner in Israel after a long ban and received an enthusiastic reception. I'm a little weary of those politically sensitive souls that want to remove Twain from school reading lists and find Shakespeare too chauvenistic, etc. etc. I certainly can find no evidence of Hamsun's political views expressed in any of his novels. Give this one a chance and decide for yourself. Don't be put off by the thought-police.
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Like the rocky fjords and peat bogs of the Norwegian country side, the inhabitants of Sellenraa and the neighboring village of Almenning are hardy, impassive and mysterious, but not without a capacity for mercy and tenderness. Isak, the Margrave, the symbolic governor of "the wilds", wanders onto the desolate moorland and builds a grand estate: Sellenraa. This is the story of Isak and his neighbors, trying to eke out a life in a dignified and noble manner. The Growth of the Soil is the story of their journey and their intimate relationship with the land that gives them sustenance. In contrast, in the emerging industrial economy (mining for copper ore), Man and Nature bombard and compete. The lives of the peasant farmers and woodsman are instead, enriched by Nature: "turning the means to an end in itself and being proud of it!". The story is rich in symbolism, but lacks dramatic force, making for tedious reading. The subject matter is weighty and complex (social justice), with strong undertones of political liberalism; even a smattering of anti-Semitism (p. 429). In spite of these, it is worth reading.
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I picked up this novel many years ago, unfamiliar with its history or the Nazi associations of the author, and began reading it during one of the bleakest periods of my life. I found great comfort in the humanity of the characters, their imperfections, their struggles with nature, with each other and with themselves. Knut Hamsun did not turn away from the dark side of human nature. He accepted it. This is not a literary review, just a heartfelt one for a book that was able to reach out across time and provide enlightenment and comfort.
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Fantastic portrait with great human insight
People have different opinions of which was the greatest of Knut Hamsun's novels, and very often one of the works from the 1890s will range highest. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. Juni 1999 von Frank-Tommy Olsen (ramsund@xtra.co.nz)
A great work but not his best
This is truly an awesome undertaking for both reader and author. Similarities with the Bible abound, but don't be mistaken. Book II does not live up to Book I. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
Whoa!
Remember Franz Stangl, Kommandant of the Treblinka Extermination Camp? This was his favorite book! Check it out. Gitta Sereny "Into that Darkness" page 348.
Am 29. April 1999 veröffentlicht
One of the best books I have ever read
If someone told me that I would enjoy the work of a Nazi sympathizer so thoroughly, I would have laughed in his or her face. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. April 1999 veröffentlicht
Wonderful tale of simple goals and ultimate success
The simple prose of this book follows the pragmatic path that the protagonist (Isak) plies. The simple goals in Isak's life are as stable as the Norwegian stones he farms among. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. Oktober 1998 veröffentlicht
A book worth reading more than once!
When I read this book for the first time, I read it in Icelandic. It was more than 20 years ago, and I was a teenager in Iceland. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. Oktober 1998 veröffentlicht
This is what life is about- simple pleasures and successes
My friend received this book from someone when his father died- no note or card attached, just the book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. September 1998 veröffentlicht
growth of the soil: sparse yet beautifully dense
the language here is simple, laconic, and thats what makes the book such an enjoyable read; hamsum tells this story of a man who tends his own lands with the same slow rhythm... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. April 1998 von Kevin Kaiwan Lee
"Herregud!, Look, here goes Isak on his mule, let's watch!"
This is an odd and depressing book. Far from Frank Norris or Jack London or Sinclair Lewis or authors intent to describe the homesteading life; there is no manifesto here. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 30. November 1997 von anonymously yours
"Herregud!, There goes Isak on his mule, let's watch!"
This is an odd and depressing book. Far from Frank Norris or Jack London or Sinclair Lewis or authors intent to describe the homesteading life; there is no manifesto here. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. November 1997 veröffentlicht
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