855 reviews for:

Hunger

Knut Hamsun

3.85 AVERAGE

mroecklinger's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mgxwawa13's review against another edition

1.5

dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jorgenbook's review against another edition

4.5

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

schani96's review

4.0

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The book is summed up in its one word title: Hunger. Everything you need to know about the state of abject hunger. It must be autobiographical, how else could he have given us such a profound insight into the sheer hell of going hungry? This is the semi permanent state of the central character and narrator. He seeks to make a “living” by writing articles for newspapers but he is light headed much of the time due to his hunger. He seeks to hold on to his self respect at great cost.

So powerful: the author has induced me to fast! That way I can better appreciate at least some of what is related here. I can also try to look those poor starving kids in Gaza in their bulging eyes.

Not a barrel of laughs!

hanimori's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional fast-paced

wooorm's review against another edition

3.75

dark sad medium-paced

idaks90's review

4.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

floydlove's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Ein Mann scheitert am Hunger, an der Gesellschaft und sich selbst. Highlight sind die Beschreibungen der Halluzinationen, Hamsun hat eine klare, einfache Sprache.

marysmory's review against another edition

5.0

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بی شک دلیل انتخاب این کتاب برای من
محبوبت کشور نروژ و صد البته نویسنده ها و ادبیاتش هست.
و از دیشب که این کتاب تموم شد هنوز درگیر اون همه تلخی ام. چقدر خوبه بود این انسان اما چقدر زندگی بهش جفا کرد.
اهالی ادبیات کم با این مشکلات درگیر نیستن .
هرکس به یه شکلی، این کتاب خیلی خوب توصیف کرده بود و روایت رو پیش برده بود.
وسطای داستان فهمیدم فیلمش هم ساختن.
خوشحالم که اول کتاب رو خوندم و معتقدم هر کتابی رو نباید فیلم کرد، هر ژانری رو نمیشه خوند یا دید.
مثلا جنایی و پلیسی بهتره فیلم باشه تا کتاب(این نظر شخصی منه) خلاصه ...
کتاب کنوت هامسون باز هم منو درگیر داستانش کرد.

90210_'s review against another edition

2.75

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes