{"product_id":"growth-of-the-soil-paperback","title":"Growth of the Soil - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKnut Hamsun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSverre Lyngstad\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eBrad Leithauser\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe epic novel of man and nature that won its author the Nobel Prize in Literature, in the first new English translation in more than ninety years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When it was first published in 1917, \u003ci\u003eGrowth of the Soil\u003c\/i\u003e was immediately recognized as a masterpiece. Ninety years later it remains a transporting literary experience. In the story of Isak, who leaves his village to clear a homestead and raise a family amid the untilled tracts of the Norwegian back country, Knut Hamsun evokes the elemental bond between humans and the land. Newly translated by the acclaimed Hamsun scholar Sverre Lyngstad, Hamsun's novel is a work of preternatural calm, stern beauty, and biblical power--and the crowning achievement of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnut Hamsun\u003c\/b\u003e (1858-1952) was a Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright hailed by many as one of the founders of modern literature. Born to a poor peasant family in central Norway, he worked as a schoolmaster, sheriff's assistant, laborer, store clerk, farmhand, and streetcar conductor in both Scandinavia and America before establishing himself as a successful playwright and novelist. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eHunger \u003c\/i\u003e(1890), was an immediate critical success; he went on to write the novels \u003ci\u003eMysteries\u003c\/i\u003e (1892), \u003ci\u003ePan \u003c\/i\u003e(1894), \u003ci\u003eVictoria \u003c\/i\u003e(1898), and \u003ci\u003eThe Growth of the Soil \u003c\/i\u003e(1917), the last of which earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSverre Lyngstad\u003c\/b\u003e (1922-2011; translator, introducer, notes) was a scholar and translator of Norwegian literature and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He translated five of Knut Hamsun's works for Penguin Classics--\u003ci\u003eHunger \u003c\/i\u003e(1890), \u003ci\u003eMysteries\u003c\/i\u003e (1892), \u003ci\u003ePan \u003c\/i\u003e(1894), \u003ci\u003eVictoria \u003c\/i\u003e(1898), and \u003ci\u003eThe Growth of the Soil \u003c\/i\u003e(1917)\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eand was honored by the King of Norway with the St. Olav Medal and with the Knight's Cross, First Class, of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brad Leithauser (introducer) is the author of several novels, four volumes of poetry, and a collection of essays. He is the Emily Dickinson Lecturer in the Humanities at Mount Holyoke College.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44299623792742,"sku":"9780143105107","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/STVETXc4U1Frc1hrR013cHJQRHU0dz09.webp?v=1767308123","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/growth-of-the-soil-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}