Growth of the Soil (Hardcover) Knut Hamsun:Hardcover I was so sick and

I was so sick and tired of Ôsleeping with alcoholÕ

Written by the ever-creative Brett Joseph

but must also use his fists and his wits

Gifts and Passions

It was August 1864

Growth of the Soil (Hardcover) Knut Hamsun:Hardcover I was so sick andGrowth of the Soil, Knut Hamsun's Nobel Prize winning novel, is an abiding classic of Scandinavian literature. At the time it was published, the literary world was in the throes of shifting to a modernist style. Popular novels were set in the contemporary present, with technological and societal advancements forming part of the narrative backdrop. Growth of the Soil openly displays the conflicts between the old traditions of agrarian society, and the