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The ring is closed

Abel is the only son of a miserly lighthouse-keeper and an alcoholic mother growing up in a remote Norwegian village. As a boy he loves Olga, the pharmacist's daughter, and on returning from America as a young man they fall in love. However, Abel is haunted by the secrets of his travels and his only ambition is to live on the barest of necessities and pursue a life without desire or ambition. With a central character as iconoclastic as Hunger and an evocation of the restrictions of small town life as acute as Mysteries this is one of Hamsun's greatest novels.

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  • "Ringen sluttet"
  • "Sammlung"

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  • "Abel is the only son of a miserly lighthouse-keeper and an alcoholic mother growing up in a remote Norwegian village. As a boy he loves Olga, the pharmacist's daughter, and on returning from America as a young man they fall in love. However, Abel is haunted by the secrets of his travels and his only ambition is to live on the barest of necessities and pursue a life without desire or ambition. With a central character as iconoclastic as Hunger and an evocation of the restrictions of small town life as acute as Mysteries this is one of Hamsun's greatest novels."@en
  • "Lotgevallen van een zwaarmoedige Noorse zeeman die naar Amerika emigreert en, hoewel na zijn terugkeer in twee driehoeksverhoudingen verstrikt, eenzaam blijft."
  • "Featuring an iconoclastic hero who refuses to accept the standards of his society, this novel is one of the Nobel Prize-winner's greatest works. The only son of a miserly lighthouse-keeper and an alcoholic mother, Abel grows up in a remote Norwegian village then travels around the United States. Upon returning from America as a young man, Abel falls in love with his longtime acquaintance Olga, the pharmacist's daughter. Haunted by the secrets of his travels, however, Abel determines to live on the barest of necessities and pursue a life without desire or ambition. Available in the United State."@en
  • "Featuring an iconoclastic hero who refuses to accept the standards of his society, this novel is one of the Nobel Prize–winner's greatest works. The only son of a miserly lighthouse-keeper and an alcoholic mother, Abel grows up in a remote Norwegian village then travels around the United States. Upon returning from America as a young man, Abel falls in love with his longtime acquaintance Olga, the pharmacist's daughter. Haunted by the secrets of his travels, however, Abel determines to live on the barest of necessities and pursue a life without desire or ambition. Available in the United States for the first time since the 1930s, this controversial novel features themes that are strikingly contemporary."@en

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  • "Translations"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Verhalend proza"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "Rengas sulkeutuu : romaani"@fi
  • "Ringen sluttet; roman"
  • "Der ring Schliesst Sich : Roman"
  • "Le Cercle s'est refermé : roman"
  • "Ringen sluttet : Roman"
  • "Круг замкнулся : роман"
  • "Ringen sluten : roman"@sv
  • "The ring is closed"@en
  • "The ring is closed"
  • "Ringen sluttet. Roman"@en
  • "Der Ring schliesst sich : roman"
  • "Ringen sluttet"
  • "Der Ring schließt sich : Roman"
  • "Krug zamknulsi︠a︡ : roman"
  • "˜Derœ Ring schliesst sich Roman"
  • "Ringen sluttet roman"
  • "Der Ring schliesst sich : Roman"
  • "Ringen sluten"
  • "De ring gesloten"
  • "Ringen slutet : roman"
  • "De cirkel gesloten"
  • "Le cercle s'est refermé : roman"
  • "Termina el combate : novela"@es
  • "Termina el combate : novela"
  • "Ringen sluttet : roman"
  • "Der Ring schliesst sich"
  • "The Ring is Closed"@en

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