{"product_id":"mysteries-paperback","title":"Mysteries - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKnut Hamsun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSverre Lyngstad\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSverre Lyngstad\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first complete English translation of the Nobel Prize-winner's literary masterpiece \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMysteries\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Johan Nilsen Nagel, a mysterious stranger who suddenly turns up in a small Norwegian town one summer--and just as suddenly disappears. Nagel is a complete outsider, a sort of modern Christ treated in a spirit of near parody. He condemns the politics and thought of the age, brings comfort to the \"insulted and injured,\" and gains the love of two women suggestive of the biblical Mary and Martha. But there is a sinister side of him: in his vest he carries a vial of prussic acid... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The novel creates a powerful sense of Nagel's stream of thought, as he increasingly withdraws into the torture chamber of his own subconscious psyche. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnut Hamsun\u003c\/b\u003e (1858-1952) was a Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright hailed by many as one of the founders of modern literature. Born to a poor peasant family in central Norway, he worked as a schoolmaster, sheriff's assistant, laborer, store clerk, farmhand, and streetcar conductor in both Scandinavia and America before establishing himself as a successful playwright and novelist. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eHunger \u003c\/i\u003e(1890), was an immediate critical success; he went on to write the novels \u003ci\u003eMysteries\u003c\/i\u003e (1892), \u003ci\u003ePan \u003c\/i\u003e(1894), \u003ci\u003eVictoria \u003c\/i\u003e(1898), and \u003ci\u003eThe Growth of the Soil \u003c\/i\u003e(1917), the last of which earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSverre Lyngstad\u003c\/b\u003e (1922-2011; translator, introducer, notes) was a scholar and translator of Norwegian literature and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He translated five of Knut Hamsun's works for Penguin Classics--\u003ci\u003eHunger \u003c\/i\u003e(1890), \u003ci\u003eMysteries\u003c\/i\u003e (1892), \u003ci\u003ePan \u003c\/i\u003e(1894), \u003ci\u003eVictoria \u003c\/i\u003e(1898), and \u003ci\u003eThe Growth of the Soil \u003c\/i\u003e(1917)\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eand was honored by the King of Norway with the St. Olav Medal and with the Knight's Cross, First Class, of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 7.76 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53755451801933,"sku":"9780141186184","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/NnlWQUhYakovUS9Tb0EvSmlOdktuZz09.webp?v=1776718950","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/mysteries-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}