Siste Kapitel. Roman. Cristiania, Copenhagen, London, & Berlin: Gyldendalske Bokhandel, 1923.
First edition.
Two volumes. Octavo. 280; [iv], 281-571, [1] pp. Half blue morocco and marbled boards, both volumes housed in matching clamshell boxes. Aside from some faint age-toning to end-papers, an excellent copy. From the library of Detlev Müller, with his small armorial bookplate in each volume.
First edition of this novel, which takes place in a sanatorium. This bleak novel recounts the story of a seriously suicidal man who has lost his wife. When the sanatorium burns down and he is the sole survivor, he finds himself with absolutely nothing to live for, and yet he is still unable to take his own life.
Hamsun was a (1859-1952) Norwegian novelist, dramatist and poet. His impoverished childhood in Norway had a great influence on his writing, and the themes of poverty and isolation are pervasive. His other works include Growth of the Soil (for which he won the Nobel), Mysteries and Vagabonds. He is often linked with the spiritual movement of Pantheism due to his brilliant and intimate descriptions of nature.
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