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On Overgrown Paths is the English title of the final novel by Norwegian author and nobel laureate Knut Hamsun. Hamsun's attempt to prove his soundness of mind after his sanity was called into question.
1,195 ratings89 reviews. Translated from the Norwegian, with Notes by Sverre Lyngstad On Overgrown Paths was written after World War II, at a time when Hamsun was in police custody for his openly expressed Nazi sympathies during the German occupation of Norway, 1940–45. A Nobel laureate deeply beloved by his countrymen, Hamsun was now reviled ...
Died: February 19, 1952, near Grimstad (aged 92) Awards And Honors: Nobel Prize (1920) Notable Works: “Hunger”. “On Overgrown Paths”. Knut Hamsun (born August 4, 1859, Lom, Norway—died February 19, 1952, near Grimstad) was a Norwegian novelist, dramatist, poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920.
On Overgrown Paths (1949) was written while the 90 year old Hamsun was waiting for the case of his alleged treason to come to court.The book has been called a hybrid, mixing as it does autobiography and fiction. Narrating in the first person, Hamsun describes events from his arrest in May 1945 up until sentence is passed on him in June 948.
On Overgrown Paths. Knut Hamsun. Green Integer, 1999 - Norwegian literature - 241 pages. On Overgrown Paths was written after World War II, at a time when Hamsun was in police custody...
29 de jul. de 2022 · On Overgrown Paths by Knut Hamsun. Publication date 1967 Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-07-29 06:01:09 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Boxid IA40616012 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control)
[citation needed] He wrote his last book Paa giengrodde Stier (On Overgrown Paths) in 1949, a book many take as evidence of his functioning mental capabilities. [citation needed] In it, he harshly criticizes the psychiatrists and the judges and, in his own words, proves that he is not mentally ill.
