| Pan Contributor(s): Hamsun, Knut (Author) |
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ISBN: 1934169684 ISBN-13: 9781934169681 Publisher: Norilana Books OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: Pan (1894) by Knut Hamsun who won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature, is a multi-layered psychological masterpiece of human perversity and pride in the face of love and sensual attraction. Romantically awkward hunter, fisherman and nature-lover Lieutenant Thomas Glahn lives in a cabin away from society -- alone, except for his dog and occasional interactions with the locals including the young and audacious Edwina, a free spirit who searches for a prince to conquer her, and has not yet met her match. The two commence a peculiar hot and cold relationship that evolves into a tragic psychological standoff. A classic literary probing of quirks and vulnerabilities of the psyche, set against the exquisite natural background of Norway. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 760 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 172 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pan (1894) by Knut Hamsun who won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature, is a multi-layered psychological masterpiece of human perversity and pride in the face of love and sensual attraction. Romantically awkward hunter, fisherman and nature-lover Lieutenant Thomas Glahn lives in a cabin away from society -- alone, except for his dog and occasional interactions with the locals including the young and audacious Edwina, a free spirit who searches for a prince to conquer her, and has not yet met her match. The two commence a peculiar hot and cold relationship that evolves into a tragic psychological standoff. A classic literary probing of quirks and vulnerabilities of the psyche, set against the exquisite natural background of Norway. |