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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
reflective
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
What a guy. How can you be so incredibly stupid and self-damaging. For some reason I can't believe his writing to be all that good if he can't even go through the basics to keep himself alive.
And for god's sake man, let people finish talking when they approach you.
Frustrations left aside, this was written really well! The way he describes his delirious hunger state is fantastic, you can feel he's losing all grip on reality. His thoughts are described fully and you can really tell the shifts in his thoughts and how they occur. It's really neatly done. So for a book where nothing much happens, it remains engaging enough to finish.
And for god's sake man, let people finish talking when they approach you.
Frustrations left aside, this was written really well! The way he describes his delirious hunger state is fantastic, you can feel he's losing all grip on reality. His thoughts are described fully and you can really tell the shifts in his thoughts and how they occur. It's really neatly done. So for a book where nothing much happens, it remains engaging enough to finish.
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
medium-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
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"Se había apoderado de mí un excelente y extraño estado de ánimo, una sensación de alegre indiferencia. Me puse a observar a las personas con las que me cruzaba y a las que adelantaba, leía los carteles de las paredes, recibía impresiones de una mirada que me lanzaban desde algún tranvía que pasaba, dejaba penetrar en mí cada detalle, todas esas casualidades que se cruzaban en mi camino y desaparecían".
Si me dicen que este libro se acaba de escribir, me lo creo. A pesar de sus más de ciento cuarenta años de diferencia, no ha envejecido en absoluto. De hecho, hasta hoy día puede parecer trasgresor.
Recorremos con Fulano de Tal la frivolidad de la ciudad, tropezando con el hambre, la miseria y las limitaciones de uno mismo, en una eterna búsqueda de inspiración y comida. Una atropellada huida hacia delante, con la locura y la desesperación pisándonos los talones, en un constante monólogo interior donde los pequeños gestos se convierten en auténticos mundos y los detalles cobran una profundidad atmosférica.
Hamsun consigue que el lector quede atrapado en las repetitivas obsesiones de este peculiar personaje, y se caiga con él cada vez que ve frustradas sus esperanzas. Con un sentimiento más cercano a la impotencia que a la pena, pues hay cierto sufrimiento elegido y sus grises no siempre permiten empatizar: la complejidad humana va más allá de la lógica inmediata.
A pesar de faltar una estructura narrativa al uso y de la claustrofóbica sensación, repetitiva y limitada, de la trama, ha conseguido atraparme y ponerme en su piel -o en su cabeza-, desde la primera página hasta la última. Con un "final" mejorable, ha sido un viaje curioso e interesante que sin duda repetiría.
"No era capaz de conseguir que se posara sobre mis palabras el clima idóneo".
Quiero pensar que, más allá de estas páginas, en su eterna búsqueda de palabras encontró las adecuadas.
Si me dicen que este libro se acaba de escribir, me lo creo. A pesar de sus más de ciento cuarenta años de diferencia, no ha envejecido en absoluto. De hecho, hasta hoy día puede parecer trasgresor.
Recorremos con Fulano de Tal la frivolidad de la ciudad, tropezando con el hambre, la miseria y las limitaciones de uno mismo, en una eterna búsqueda de inspiración y comida. Una atropellada huida hacia delante, con la locura y la desesperación pisándonos los talones, en un constante monólogo interior donde los pequeños gestos se convierten en auténticos mundos y los detalles cobran una profundidad atmosférica.
Hamsun consigue que el lector quede atrapado en las repetitivas obsesiones de este peculiar personaje, y se caiga con él cada vez que ve frustradas sus esperanzas. Con un sentimiento más cercano a la impotencia que a la pena, pues hay cierto sufrimiento elegido y sus grises no siempre permiten empatizar: la complejidad humana va más allá de la lógica inmediata.
A pesar de faltar una estructura narrativa al uso y de la claustrofóbica sensación, repetitiva y limitada, de la trama, ha conseguido atraparme y ponerme en su piel -o en su cabeza-, desde la primera página hasta la última. Con un "final" mejorable, ha sido un viaje curioso e interesante que sin duda repetiría.
"No era capaz de conseguir que se posara sobre mis palabras el clima idóneo".
Quiero pensar que, más allá de estas páginas, en su eterna búsqueda de palabras encontró las adecuadas.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
sad
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:
No
One of the most infuriating reading experiences that I can remember. Only this time, I can leave with the satisfaction of having read a very good book.
The narrator in Knut Hamsun's Hunger is such a strange character, a sensitive and temperamental man, at times self-aware, others incredibly delusional. His behaviours are erratic; he is poor, destitute even, but will throw away money on impulse (sometimes out of kindness, but that's not the point). Many times I've had to put the book down because the man's absolute idiocy frustrated the heck out of me. He also likes to think so highly of himself, it was laughably embarrassing. However. You will empathise with him. You'll see the sense of humiliation and desperation within him as he struggles to survive. The extreme hunger is described vividly, and not only do we see its effects on his physical body, but also his mental state.
The introduction by translator Sverre Lyngstad was fascinating. I'd love to read other analyses of this groundbreaking book, especially the influence it's had on modern literature.
The narrator in Knut Hamsun's Hunger is such a strange character, a sensitive and temperamental man, at times self-aware, others incredibly delusional. His behaviours are erratic; he is poor, destitute even, but will throw away money on impulse (sometimes out of kindness, but that's not the point). Many times I've had to put the book down because the man's absolute idiocy frustrated the heck out of me. He also likes to think so highly of himself, it was laughably embarrassing. However. You will empathise with him. You'll see the sense of humiliation and desperation within him as he struggles to survive. The extreme hunger is described vividly, and not only do we see its effects on his physical body, but also his mental state.
The introduction by translator Sverre Lyngstad was fascinating. I'd love to read other analyses of this groundbreaking book, especially the influence it's had on modern literature.