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Hunger
Translated with an Introduction and Notes
by Sverre Lyngstad
First published in Norway in 1890, Hunger
probes into the depths of consciousness
with frightening and gripping power. Like
the works of Dostoyevsky, it marks an
extraordinary break with Western literary
and humanistic traditions.
224 pp. 978-0-14-118064-9 $15.00
“The classic novel of humiliation, even beyond
Dostoyevsky . . . lyngstad’s translation
restores to the english-speaking reader
one of the cold summits in modern prose
literature.” —george steiner
Mysteries
Translated with an Introduction and Notes
by Sverre Lyngstad
Johan Nilsen Nagel is a mysterious
stranger who suddenly turns up in a small
Norwegian town one summer—and just
as suddenly disappears. The novel creates
a powerful sense of Nagel’s stream-ofthought
as he increasingly withdraws
into the torture chamber of his own
subconscious psyche.
352 pp. 978-0-14-118618-4 $15.00
Pan
From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn’s Papers
Translated with an Introduction and Notes
by Sverre Lyngstad
A remarkable new translation of
Hamsun’s portrait of a man rejecting the
claims of bourgeois society for a Rousseauian
embrace of Nature and Eros.
224 pp. 978-0-14-118067-0 $14.00
Victoria
Translated with an Introduction and Notes
by Sverre Lyngstad
Set in Norway in the 1890s, Victoria
follows two doomed lovers through their
lifelong affair. Victoria is an impoverished
aristocrat and Johannes, the son of a
miller. Burdened by social pressures,
financial constraints and loyalty to family,
the pair part ways, only to realize—too
late—the grave misfortune of love lost.
112 pp. 978-0-14-303937-2 $14.00
thoMas hardy
1840 – 1928, english
Desperate Remedies
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
Mary Rimmer
Blackmail, murder, and romance are
among the ingredients of Hardy’s
first published novel, which appeared
anonymously in 1871. In its depiction of
country life and insight into psychology
and sexuality, it already bears the
unmistakeable imprint of Hardy’s genius.
512 pp. 978-0-14-043523-8 $16.00
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The Distracted Preacher
and Other Tales
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
Susan Hill
Hardy captures the provincial experiences
of his native Dorset and environs in eleven
of his best and most representative stories,
including “The Withered Arm,” “Barbara
of the House of Grebe,” “The Son’s Veto,”
and “A Tragedy of Two Ambitions.”
368 pp. 978-0-14-043124-7 $14.00
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