Growth of the Soil (Paperback)

from Dreesie

Very different from his novel Hunger, here Hamsun has written a sweeping story of one man's accomplishments as a homesteader in northern Norway near the border with Sweden. Isak, a young and very strong man, with no fear of work, goes looking for a good place to settle. He walks and walks, lookin...

from DavidHenry

Growth of the Soil has many virtues. The novel is endearing yet couragous enough to deal with subject-matter that is both substantial and controversial. Similarly, Hamsun's skills of characterisation and his descriptive style are sufficient to evince an emotional reponse from the reader at certai...

from amerynth

I thoroughly enjoyed Knut Hamsun's "Growth of the Soil." This Norwegian novel is the story of an "everyman" named Isak, who carves a farm out of an empty forested landscape. As the years progress, so does his farm and surrounding neighborhood as others establish homesteads in his area. It's a rat...

from SaraPrindiville

Reminiscent of "Giants in the Earth", "Cry the Beloved Country", "How Green was my Valley", also "House" by Tracy Kidder. Change due to humanity's influence, mining specificaly, but also change through growth. Classic figures- Geisslet "god" Brede "devil" etc. Multi leveled.

from Maryzenx

I am beginning "Growth of the Soil" by Knut Hamsun today. Library Thing thinks I won't like it, I bet I will. H.G. Wells gives smashing reviews on the back cover of my ragged paperback copy. This is, I must confess, the reason I picked up the book and put it in my pocket. Mr Wells says "I do not ...