Norwegian

Explore 3 works originally written in Norwegian, led by Hunger by Knut Hamsun.

Entry Point

Start with Hunger by Knut Hamsun, ranked #209 in the Canon Compass list.

Featured Books

#209

by Knut Hamsun

(647)

Hamsun's Hunger: a starving writer's hallucinatory descent through the streets of Oslo. A forerunner of modernist fiction.

Modern Mind

Gothic & Dark

#284

by Sigrid Undset

(1.6K)

Discover Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset, an epic trilogy of love, faith, and redemption in medieval Norway that won the Nobel Prize.

Love & Loss

Philosophy & Faith

#408

by Henrik Ibsen

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Ibsen's revolutionary play about a woman's awakening shattered Victorian ideals and changed theater forever.

Society & Satire