Segelfoss Town
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- Author：Knut Hamsun
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Summary
New edition of J。S。 Scott's 1925 English translation of Segelfoss Town （original title: Segelfoss By） by Knut Hamsun， winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920。
Segelfoss Town was first published in Norway in 1915 and is an independent continuation of Hamsun's Children of the Age， published two years earlier。 The novel is a criticism of modern times， depicting the fall of the landed gentry and the rise of the working class。 Segelfoss Town and its predecessor were the first of Hamsun's novels devoted to social issues。 The two novels are described by Monika Zagar in Knut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance （2009） as "much more than dry social analysis; indeed， they investigate， in rich novelistic form， the propagation and survival of a family。"
Segelfoss Town was first published in Norway in 1915 and is an independent continuation of Hamsun's Children of the Age， published two years earlier。 The novel is a criticism of modern times， depicting the fall of the landed gentry and the rise of the working class。 Segelfoss Town and its predecessor were the first of Hamsun's novels devoted to social issues。 The two novels are described by Monika Zagar in Knut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance （2009） as "much more than dry social analysis; indeed， they investigate， in rich novelistic form， the propagation and survival of a family。"
Reviews
Rudi
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Jeg visste ikke at dette er bok to i en trilogi， men jeg kan ikke forstå annet enn at den skal være ment til å kunne stå på egne ben。 Det er riktignok antydninger til tidligere hendelser i Segelfoss， men de er ikke nødvendigvis dekka i den første boka。I Segelfoss by latterliggjør Hamsun overklassen， underklassen og arbeiderklassen i møte med moderne kapitalisme i en by i Nordland。 Underklassen blir nyttige idioter， arbeiderklassen er bortskjemte og uhøfflige， de nyrike er uansvarlige og skruppel Jeg visste ikke at dette er bok to i en trilogi， men jeg kan ikke forstå annet enn at den skal være ment til å kunne stå på egne ben。 Det er riktignok antydninger til tidligere hendelser i Segelfoss， men de er ikke nødvendigvis dekka i den første boka。I Segelfoss by latterliggjør Hamsun overklassen， underklassen og arbeiderklassen i møte med moderne kapitalisme i en by i Nordland。 Underklassen blir nyttige idioter， arbeiderklassen er bortskjemte og uhøfflige， de nyrike er uansvarlige og skruppelløse og overklassen er passive og tafatte。 Telegrafisten kommer kanskje best utav det， kanskje mest fordi han er bevisst sin/samfunnets stagnasjon。 Det at alle disse delvis karikerte karakterene likevel er nyanserte og interessante skyldes Hamsun sitt fortellertalent， og gjør at boka fremdeles er fornøyelig， til tross for Hamsuns negativitet。 Han klarer også mesterlig å gå fra person til person i den lille byen uten at det går på bekostning av flyten eller sammenhengen。 Vi møter en bredt karaktergalleri som sammen er som et bilde av hele den lille byen。Markens Grøde， hans neste bok， er kritisk til mye av det samme som blir satirisert i denne， men i den får han også tydeligere frem hva han er positiv til。 Segelfoss by er （stort sett） ikke en dyster bok， men jeg savner flere sekvenser hvor Hamsun senker skuldrene。 。。。more
Ivan Monckton
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I have had a good bout of re-reading books discovered in my youth， and was looking through my mountains of books looking for another Knut Hamsun， when， much to my astonishment and delight， I found Segelfoss Town， a novel I had no recollection of ever acquiring， and which I have certainly never read！What a treat！ 364 pages of gossip and banter about a very small Northern Norwegian town， with little apart from every day life going on， but which holds you engrossed to the last page。 In the unlikely I have had a good bout of re-reading books discovered in my youth， and was looking through my mountains of books looking for another Knut Hamsun， when， much to my astonishment and delight， I found Segelfoss Town， a novel I had no recollection of ever acquiring， and which I have certainly never read！What a treat！ 364 pages of gossip and banter about a very small Northern Norwegian town， with little apart from every day life going on， but which holds you engrossed to the last page。 In the unlikely event that you can lay your hands on a copy， I highly recommend it。 But then， I would say that about all of his books， despite his somewhat murky later politics。 Perhaps it’s time for me to read the Hamsun biography， and get the full story。。。 。。。more
Petro
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така скандинавська книжка。。。
Reference
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hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Segelfoss Town&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Segelfoss Town&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0