{"product_id":"segelfoss-town-paperback","title":"Segelfoss Town - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKnut Hamsun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJ. S. Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRick Schober\u003c\/b\u003e (Designed by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew edition of J.S. Scott's 1925 English translation of \u003cem\u003eSegelfoss Town\u003c\/em\u003e (original title: \u003cem\u003eSegelfoss By\u003c\/em\u003e) by Knut Hamsun, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSegelfoss Town\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in Norway in 1915 and is an independent continuation of Hamsun's \u003cem\u003eChildren of the Age\u003c\/em\u003e, 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. \u003cem\u003eSegelfoss Town\u003c\/em\u003e and its predecessor were the first of Hamsun's novels devoted to social issues. The two novels are described by Monika Zagar in \u003cem\u003eKnut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) as \"much more than dry social analysis; indeed, they investigate, in rich novelistic form, the propagation and survival of a family.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 406\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 24, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42099998032007,"sku":"9780578882628","price":24.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/644790151dfd45bbbb348ae5bd2d84ac.webp?v=1732380001","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/segelfoss-town-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}