- Taschenbuch: 224 Seiten
- Verlag: Souvenir Pr (26. Juni 1997)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 028563383X
- ISBN-13: 978-0285633834
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20 x 12,9 x 1,5 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.885.892 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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"The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun." —Isaac Bashevis Singer, winner, Nobel Prize in Literature
"Hamsun has the qualities that belong to the very great, the completest omniscience about human nature." —Rebecca West, author, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Kurzbeschreibung
These 20 short stories are fascinating companions to Hamsun’s classic novels and contain echoes of the greater works he would later write and for which he was ultimately awarded the Nobel Prize. Alive with humor, melancholy, tenderness, and lawlessness, as well as sparkling with psychological insights, these stories have never been published in the United States until now.
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Short Stories by a Career Novelist
1. April 2006
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My understanding from the forward to "Tales of Love and Loss" is that Hamsun was primarily a novelist who "played around with" the short story early in his career. He apparently lost interest in the style because his mid and later career shunned the short story. Too bad because "Tales of Love and Loss" proves that he was adept at it.
The 20 stories in this collection are all sketches of different personalities in different settings. From Norway to the New World and then back to the Old, we encounter a variety of characters. We meet an unsuccessful lecturer, a man with a talent for spending other people's money, a man in the midst of the Paris uprising, a father who sets out to teach his wayward son a lesson about gambling, a woman who knew how to out-fox her scheming husband, a prairie cook who got even in the cruelest of ways, a woman whose life was changed forever by an otherwise forgettable event, and many others.
I got a kick traveling over the Mayan countryside in Yucatan while reading a Norwegian writer tell a tale that took place in my home state of North Dakota. Hamsun shows some of his gift for the bizarre side of the human psyche but most of the stories seem to be people and events he knew or stories he heard first hand.
I have read 8 novels of Hamsun and have looked forward to reading more. However, I had come to near the end of the rope of those available in English. (If I had known about Hamsun when I was in college, I wouldn't have dropped Norwegian after one semester). Two years ago or so I couldn't find any books by Hamsun that I didn't already have. He apparently is undergoing a rebirth of popularity because there seemed to be more books available now than I thought he had written. Many will cite "Hunger" or "Mysteries" as his best but my favorite is still "Growth of the Soil". I'm looking forward to aquiring some of these new releases while they last. If I'm not mistaken, there should be one more collection of short stories out there. After reading "Tales of Love and Loss", my appetite is whet.
The 20 stories in this collection are all sketches of different personalities in different settings. From Norway to the New World and then back to the Old, we encounter a variety of characters. We meet an unsuccessful lecturer, a man with a talent for spending other people's money, a man in the midst of the Paris uprising, a father who sets out to teach his wayward son a lesson about gambling, a woman who knew how to out-fox her scheming husband, a prairie cook who got even in the cruelest of ways, a woman whose life was changed forever by an otherwise forgettable event, and many others.
I got a kick traveling over the Mayan countryside in Yucatan while reading a Norwegian writer tell a tale that took place in my home state of North Dakota. Hamsun shows some of his gift for the bizarre side of the human psyche but most of the stories seem to be people and events he knew or stories he heard first hand.
I have read 8 novels of Hamsun and have looked forward to reading more. However, I had come to near the end of the rope of those available in English. (If I had known about Hamsun when I was in college, I wouldn't have dropped Norwegian after one semester). Two years ago or so I couldn't find any books by Hamsun that I didn't already have. He apparently is undergoing a rebirth of popularity because there seemed to be more books available now than I thought he had written. Many will cite "Hunger" or "Mysteries" as his best but my favorite is still "Growth of the Soil". I'm looking forward to aquiring some of these new releases while they last. If I'm not mistaken, there should be one more collection of short stories out there. After reading "Tales of Love and Loss", my appetite is whet.
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A fine sampler of stories.
15. April 2007
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This is a selection of twenty stories, taken from Hamsun's three published volumes of short stories (Siesta, Brushwood, and Striving Life). In the introduction, the editor comments that "the short stories provide a fascinating glimpse of an author shedding one literary skin to reveal another". And, indeed, the diversity of style is one of the most interesting things about the collection. From relatively straightforward ghost stories to the dark humor of "A Lecture Tour", Tales of Love and Loss paint a picture of an author with a wide variety of skills and interest.
Hamsun train spotters will notice character and plot linkages between these stories and several of the novels. In general, even though I really enjoyed the volume I am not sure that it is where I would begin with Hamsun. He was primarily a novelist, and as good as these stories are I have to think that they are to some degree benefiting from the reflected light of his greater works.
Hamsun train spotters will notice character and plot linkages between these stories and several of the novels. In general, even though I really enjoyed the volume I am not sure that it is where I would begin with Hamsun. He was primarily a novelist, and as good as these stories are I have to think that they are to some degree benefiting from the reflected light of his greater works.
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Brilliant!
13. Februar 2006
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Anyone who is a fan of Hamsun's two most highly-regarded novels ('Hunger' and 'Mysteries') will feel blessed should they stumble upon this not-so-well-known collection of stories. Hamsun is at his best in these timeless tales that carve out a place for Hamsun along with Franz Kafka, Dostoyevsky, Ernest Hemingway, Roman Payne, Sam North, Edgar Poe, et al. as a master of the short story.
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