DreamersThe midnight sun illumines more than fishing and fjords in this remote northern Norwegian village. In fact, half-baked schemes and hilarity abound. Big Ove Rolandsen, telegraph operator, mad scientist, and local Casanova, trades wits, fists, and kisses with a host of quirky neighbors. He serenades the curate's wife and fights a drunken giant, but taking on Trader Mack, the town's fish-glue magnate, is a more difficult matter. Knut Hamsun, author of the acclaimed Hunger and winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize for Literature, renders the dreams and dramas of these townsfolk with a delightfully light touch. Robert Bly has written that Hamsun "has a magnifying glass on his eye, like a jeweler's," and Dreamers gleams like a perfect, semi-precious stone. |
Contents
Section 1 | 5 |
Section 2 | 12 |
Section 3 | 18 |
Section 4 | 25 |
Section 5 | 35 |
Section 6 | 44 |
Section 7 | 52 |
Section 8 | 62 |
Section 9 | 70 |
Section 10 | 77 |
Section 11 | 86 |
Section 12 | 96 |
Section 13 | 104 |
Section 14 | 109 |
Section 15 | 117 |
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