Hamsun, Knut

New York. 1975. September 1975. Avon/Bard. 1st Bard Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0380004828. Translated from the Norwegian by James W. MacFarlane. 160 pages. paperback. . keywords: Literature Norway Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - OF NATURE AND DESIRE . . Set in a dense, wild forest on the Norwegian seacoast, PAN is the intense, passionate chronicle of a doomed and all-consuming love affair. Lieutenant Thomas Glahn, a man possessed by the magnificence of sea, sky, and forest, spends dreamlike days hunting and fishing - until he encounters the beautiful Edvarda. At first their passionate affair mirrors the supreme ecstasy of the Nordland summer. But when Edvarda spurns him, Glahn becomes a frenzied, desperate thing . . and the lovers idyl turns to tragedy. From its first publication in the late 19th century to the present, PAN has received strong critical acclaim. Written with Freudian insight years before the Freudian subconscious became widely known, this novel has been praised in Commonweal as ‘a significant document in the history of romanticism . . beautiful and true, bringing joy with the fear and wonder.' To Library Journal, PAN ‘has a timeless quality . . One feels in these people of a hundred years ago a deep humanity.' inventory #12668 ISBN: 0380004828.