{"product_id":"segelfoss-town-knut-hamsun-9780578882628","title":"Segelfoss Town","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew edition of J.S. Scott's 1925 English translation of \u003cem\u003eSegelfoss Town\u003c\/em\u003e (original title: \u003cem\u003eSegelfoss By\u003c\/em\u003e) by Knut Hamsun, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSegelfoss Town\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in Norway in 1915 and is an independent continuation of Hamsun's \u003cem\u003eChildren of the Age\u003c\/em\u003e, published two years earlier. The novel is a criticism of modern times, depicting the fall of the landed gentry and the rise of the working class. \u003cem\u003eSegelfoss Town\u003c\/em\u003e and its predecessor were the first of Hamsun's novels devoted to social issues. The two novels are described by Monika Zagar in \u003cem\u003eKnut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) as \"much more than dry social analysis; indeed, they investigate, in rich novelistic form, the propagation and survival of a family.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Knut Hamsun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0578882620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780578882628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tough Poets Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.01d","brand":"Knut Hamsun","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046865039615,"sku":"9780578882628","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bfb1578e-6df6-4d4c-9a7f-c687c194cd98.jpg?v=1684986929","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/segelfoss-town-knut-hamsun-9780578882628","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}