How to read Hunger by Knut Hamsun (10 Tips)

[@ArthurGraham-t8e]

Your sincerity propelled me to comment. In answer to the question you ask at the end. What made me poor was the hunger to move, to travel, to discover and learn. So yes, I have been homeless and hungry on several continents. If one manages to survive this, it is one of the best educations it is possible to have.

[@Mace-88867]

I rarely comment and just lurk, lol- but I just want to tell you that your channel is such a rare gem! Your video and audio production is amazing quality, your visual background is comforting and calming. I appreciate that you really get to the meat of the content right away, which sometimes doesn’t happen with other booktubers. The way you verbally express your thoughts about a book is so greatly articulated, especially your past long form videos when you delved into colonialism in literature- which is so fascinating to hear. I’d love to hear more about topics you are currently studying. Keep doing what your doing, I’m so impressed by your channel. :)

[@strange.lucidity]

I appreciate you for taking the time to write this comment. It truly means a lot to me, thank you :-) I'll make that video soon. It's a great idea to just record what I'm studying at a certrain moment in time. All the best to you!

[@GuacamoleyNacho]

I am halfway through the book, came to see who has reviewed this book because it is amazing! It is easy to read, pure open inner thoughts sharing - shared thoughts across all humans but never talked about. So true and so indepth as if the author has been through the journey himself. A thought provoking book! There are many beggars in Singapore. Majority are males and the male beggars tend to avoid begging the males, instead targeting women to buy trinkets from him or just give him money. The male beggars (including males who said they are ex prisoners) also beg more persistently towards women, after being turned down. The man in this book is unlike a beggar, though people see him as.

[@uberandy666]

I'm Norwegian, and I have to admit I've never read this novel. Much of that is for a reason. I've always felt that a book is supposes to be a door, or a form of escapism if you will, and a book centered around a Norwegian artiststic man who is too stubborn to accept help, hits a bit too close to home.

[@jps89pt]

I can understand that, but it's the same with me (as a portuguese wannabe writer) concerning Camões, Fernando Pessoa, José Saramago or A. Lobo Antunes. We are the children of our parents, we could not forget that. So, i have to read their work to feel my language and homeland.

[@camus-r6q]

really an underrated author. currently reading robert bly's translation, the only one found in my nearby library. Thanks for your tips.

[@triplea25]

Your getting better and better at this... do you script this all out or freehand a bit ?

[@strange.lucidity]

Thank you. I usually do a mix. This video is a bit more on the structured and scripted side 🙂

[@germanfranco4863]

@@strange.lucidity That was my impression. Nice review.

[@jps89pt]

Nice book. Not very long, with a clean prose and sensible and well written scenes. A classic of scandinavian literature.

[@GuacamoleyNacho]

By scandinavian literature, do u mean straight to the point, no small meandering talk?

[@jps89pt]

@@GuacamoleyNacho no, i mean that it's a book from a norwegian writer. Simple as that.

[@GuacamoleyNacho]

@@jps89pt oh i misread your comment. I must be in a hurry when i read it.

[@jjshepherd7670]

I've read this novel not too long ago. I also read more recently 'Pan' by Hamsun, which is also really good. I feel I want to read all his novels.

[@robertmueller2023]

I'd rather have a billion dollar Facebook advertising/medical experimenting fortune. The artistic world is rigged.

[@Ricky-es9vg]

I read this novel last year and I loved it. There are a lot of scenes I still think about many months after reading it; it also has a similar feverish climate to Crime and Punishment. This writer has a few books that are quite good. I read a short one "Pan" you may want to look into.

[@sarahsoepboer1039]

Hey liebe Maria, Sarah hier, Wiebe's Tochter. Hast du noch das schöne Video, das du von deiner und Wiebe's Reise im Camper gemacht hattest? Liebe Grüße

[@strange.lucidity]

Hey Sarah schön dass du hier bist. Ja das hab ich noch aber nicht mehr public. Schick mir doch eine e-mail, dann kann ich dir den Link schicken (e-mail Adresse ist in der Description Box)

[@geeegaewlwlwll9328]

8:55 i bought this book in the beginning of one autumn when i was depriving myself of food and wanted to read about someone experiencing hunger. its so ironic because in the end i couldn't get through much of the book because my brain fog was so bad

[@ricpic1]

I first read Hunger because Henry Miller spoke highly of it. I forget exactly what he said but the jist of it is that Hamsun broke the hold that respectability had on writing at the time it was written. I think this is true. The best way i can put it that Hamsun wrote a "naked" book.

[@GuacamoleyNacho]

Yes a naked book. Very rarely i encountered a book, or any person who would divulged his personal inner thoughts so openly, not even to his her closest of bosom. I like this nakedness, because it is pure and transparent. No guess work unlike communication with dishonest, sly people. Politicians always talk in double speak, vague twisted meaning to their words, just listen to the USA Democrats 2024 president election rally.

[@voula1971]

I kind of disagree a little when you said that "our protagonist was not very religious". I think the exact opposite, that is he is very religious, since he is talking to God quite often and also, in his mind, he is dealing with dark forces...He also often asks God why He is allowing these things to happen to him (meaning his problems, his drawbacks etc)! I liked this book very much and I believe it makes you a better person, since our protagonist shows us his fight to remain dignified and honest, despite his hunger and poverty. Thanks for your tips 🎉

[@GuacamoleyNacho]

Yup you are right. I also understand moments when he knows that he was rude brushing past a man because he didnt get the job. However there were many times when he gave away his worldly possession and money to strangers when he is already so little and hungry, that i couldnt understand.

[@davidpardocossio8995]

Thank you, again, for a so good video. You have made me discover another important European writer that is almost unknown in my country. He is barely translated into Spanish, unfortunately, so I will need to read him in French or English. I have read his biography in Wikipedia and he seems to have lived a dangerous life (ideologically speaking, at least). Also, are you going to learn Norwegian? Please, tell us about your experience of the language and which Norwegian are you going to learn! In cse you it is useful for you, i let you here a booktag on Norwegian writers done by a Spanish bookstagrammer that I recommend you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGTbdGqgbdunh9U&si=ae-ABNuL2kZIsTrH Happy readings!

[@jps89pt]

But Hamsun is a very well knowed writer. It feels strange that you can't find a good translation of his work.

[@stevendavis1940]

After having read the book twice, I did not find it fast paced. It seems to me a unique work, amazing, engaging, sometimes difficult to read. I loved it.

[@Aphorismenoi]

Didn't read the book yet and from what you saying i decided to like and comment felt like you The Hunger 😂

[@geeegaewlwlwll9328]

8:55 i bought this book in the beginning of one autumn when i have been depriving myself of food, and i wanted to read about someone experiencing hunger. its so ironic because in the end i couldn't get through much of the book because my brain fog was so bad

[@genevievechaput2552]

Allô, c'est un auteur que je connaissais pas, merci pour la découverte.

[@slavadevil9581]

so…we simply ignore that Hamsun was a nazi?

[@strange.lucidity]

No. It's just not relevant for this book.

[@VigiliusHaufniensis]

​​@@strange.lucidityi agree, but i would be genuinly interested what your take would be when it comes to Ernts Jünger. Now, i have to admit that i find his prose to be UNREAL, but i can't deny that i don't share his views, especially when it comes to the second world war. Do you believe the artwork can be viewed as isolated from the artist?

[@lewessays]

He was even racist towards black people and has made some f***ed up comments on us. but, yup, it doesn't matter regarding his book hunger. We all are problematic in our own ways.