Hamsun, Knut 1859-1952 creator Kärkkäinen, Viki 1883-1946 text utu 2016 monographic fi 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Nälkä" by Knut Hamsun is a novel published in 1890. Set in late 19th-century Kristiania, it follows an unnamed starving young man wandering the streets as his mental and physical state deteriorates. While trying to maintain respectability, he descends into a delusionary existence, overwhelmed by hunger and his own self-destructive choices. This psychology-driven work explores the irrational workings of the human mind through a series of encounters, depicting the darker side of modern urban life with both intensity and dark humor. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_(Hamsun_novel) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4lk%C3%A4_(romaani) Release date is 2016-10-25 Produced by Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen Original publication data not identified Authors -- Fiction Norway -- Fiction Hunger -- Fiction Starvation -- Fiction Urban poor -- Fiction PT Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53365 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53365 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134229.0 53365