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In a moment-by-moment internal monologue, the novel portrays the profound anguish of a struggling writer facing the possibility of death in a world indifferent to his existence.
Henrik Ibsen (1820-1908) is arguably the most important playwright of the nineteenth century. Globally he remains the most performed playwright after Shakespeare, and Hedda Gabler, A Doll's House, Peer Gynt, and Ghosts are all masterpieces of psychological insight. This is the f…
Henrik Ibsen (1820-1908) is arguably the most important playwright of the nineteenth century. Globally he remains the most performed playwright after Shakespeare, and Hedda Gabler, A Doll's House, Peer Gynt, and Ghosts are all masterpieces of psychological insight. This is the f…
"Inside the Gate offers readers a rare glimpse into Sigrid Undset's life at her home, Bjerkebæk now a museum and national landmark in Lillehammer, Norway. Drawing on a wealth of historical documents, Nan Bentzen Skille's lively narrative presents an intimate portrait of the Nobe…
Foreword -- Lillehammer Station - Disembark on the right -- Sigrid Undset makes herself a home -- With an office in "Norway's most beautiful home"--The "guesthouse" that became the "priest's house" -- The garden - "the third loveliest" in the world -- The children at Bjerkebæk -…
"Inside the Gate offers readers a rare glimpse into Sigrid Undset's life at her home, Bjerkebæk now a museum and national landmark in Lillehammer, Norway. Drawing on a wealth of historical documents, Nan Bentzen Skille's lively narrative presents an intimate portrait of the Nobe…
"Inside the Gate offers readers a rare glimpse into Sigrid Undset's life at her home, Bjerkebæk now a museum and national landmark in Lillehammer, Norway. Drawing on a wealth of historical documents, Nan Bentzen Skille's lively narrative presents an intimate portrait of the Nobe…
Set in Oslo, Hunger is a compelling journey into the mind of a young writer who is driven by starvation to constantly fluctuating extremes of euphoria and despair. It is a study of the psychological hinterlands to the very edges of experience where few writers have the courage t…
Nineteenth-century Kristiania is an unforgiving place, and work is thin on the ground. Roaming the streets of Norway's capital, a penniless young writer searches for inspiration whilst trying desperately to make ends meet. Driven to extraordinary lengths, sleeping under the star…
"Originally published in 1890, this classic of modern literature follows an impoverished Norwegian writer through the streets of Christiania (now Oslo) as he struggles on the edge of starvation. Existing on what little money he makes from selling the occasional article to the lo…