It's been a wee while since I've done a Cover Love post (my last one was the four-volume Ox-Tales collection from Profile Books), so what better way to bring it back than with a post celebrating eight of the titles I'm reading in my Totally Knut … [Read more...]
Introducing my ‘Totally Knut’ reading project
September 11, 2009 By 11 Comments
On this 150th anniversary year of the birth of Knut Hamsun, it gives me great pleasure to present to you my latest and greatest (to date) reading project, called Totally Knut. It was a little over a year ago that I began reading one of the most … [Read more...]
Norges Bank to issue coinage in honour of Knut Hamsun
February 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
So everyone likes shiny new money right? Well bibliophiles will have even more reason to love it come February 19th, when the Norges Bank issues a special commemorative coin in honour of one of Norway’s finest Nobel laureate, Knut Hamsun. … [Read more...]
’50 Novels’ #3: Hunger by Knut Hamsun
June 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Despite graduating last week, I still managed to complete my reading of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five as part of my 50 Novels reading challenge (my thoughts on Slaughterhouse-Five can be found here). That moves me on to the next title, and for … [Read more...]