Hamsun, Knut 1859-1952 creator Worster, W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander) 1882-1929 text utu 2004 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Growth of the Soil" by Knut Hamsun is a novel published in 1917 that won him the Nobel Prize in Literature. It follows Isak, a Norwegian man who settles on remote land and builds a farm from nothing. As his family grows and prospers through hard work, they face challenges from both nature and encroaching modernity. The story explores themes of primitive agrarian life, the bond between humans and land, and the tensions that arise when traditional rural existence confronts progress and civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_of_the_Soil Release date is 2004-02-01 Produced by Kevin Handy, Dave Maddock, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified Norway -- Fiction PT Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10984 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10984 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133249.0 10984