Dreamers

The midnight sun illumines more than fishing and fjords in this remote northern Norwegian village. In fact, half-baked schemes and hilarity abound. Big Ove Rolandsen, telegraph operator, mad scientist, and local Casanova, trades wits, fists, and kisses with a host of quirky neighbors. He serenades the curate's wife and fights a drunken giant, but taking on Trader Mack, the town's fish-glue magnate, is a more difficult matter. Knut Hamsun, author of the acclaimed Hunger and winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize for Literature, renders the dreams and dramas of these townsfolk with a delightfully light touch. Robert Bly has written that Hamsun has a magnifying glass on his eye, like a jeweler's, and Dreamers gleams like a perfect, semi-precious stone.

Author: Knut Hamsun
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 05/17/1996
Pages: 132
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.23w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780811213219

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/08/1996 pg. 63
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/1996 pg. 487
Library Journal 05/15/1996 pg. 87