{"product_id":"hunger-knut-hamsun-9781667662428","title":"Hunger","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in a northern capital at the end of the nineteenth century, this novel follows a young, unnamed writer drifting between hope and desperation. With no steady work and little to eat, he roams streets and parks, pawns his last belongings, and tries to sell short pieces to newspapers. Each moment of hunger sharpens and warps perception: small slights loom large, kindness feels like insult, and stray details glow with strange meaning. Inner monologue and quick shifts of mood replace plot mechanics, building a portrait of a mind tested by cold, pride, and need. The city itself becomes a partner in this struggle-beckoning, refusing, and mirroring the narrator's faltering steps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in spare scenes and restless bursts of thought, the book helped pioneer psychological realism and the turn toward modernism. It remains a vivid, unsettling study of survival, dignity, and the cost of holding on to art when the body is failing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Knut Hamsun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1667662422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781667662428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wildside Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Knut Hamsun","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47612008988927,"sku":"9781667662428","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2df9b53c-69d9-49d4-864f-9e3aefe2c4ea.jpg?v=1764517569","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hunger-knut-hamsun-9781667662428","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}