الجوع الكبير

by Johan Bojer, محمد مفيد الشوباشي (Translator)

Johan Bojer (1872 1959) was a Norwegian novelist and dramatist. He often wrote about the lives of the poor farmers and fishermen, both in his native Norway and among the Norwegian immigrants in the United States. In 1923, Bojer journeyed to North Dakota, to research the lives of the Norwegian immigrants who had settled there. Den store hunger The Great Hunger (1916/English 1918) is a novel about the lure and shortcomings of modern technology. Peer Holm is searching for the Ultima Thule. In medieval this denoted any distant place located beyond the "borders of the known world." For Holm he traveled to reach the Ultima Thule of his soul. He passed up knowledge, power and love for this goal. Peer is born poor and strives to educate himself and becomes a great engineer. After gaining all that he desires he looses it all and it is only when he is again poor that the great hunger is filled and he reaches the Ultima Thule.

Genres: Classics, Novels

274 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1925

About the author

Johan Bojer was a popular Norwegian novelist and dramatist. He principally wrote about the lives of the poor farmers and fishermen, both in his native Norway and among the Norwegian immigrants in the United States. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.

Reviews

[Allyson Shaw]

"A man with a sledgehammer in his hands instinctively looks up to heaven." Reading a translation is always through a glass darkly. Even so, I was riveted by this book, despite its Dickensian melodrama, sentimentality and pompous turns. It paralleled my journey in northern Norway and captured the spirit of my ancestors- Norwegian fishermen, peasants and, later, engineers. It brought to life the place and people for me, now only ghosts, while I was "stuck" on a ship at storm on the open sea off the West coast of Norway.

[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another free Kindle book I read while in Tucson.

[Alina D. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Foamea cea mare a foamea de absolut. Roman al condiției umane, merită citit!