Knut Hamsun in the Land of Tales The Red Notebooks Grasset 2010

Description: by Knut Hamsun *** in the land of tales *** in the collection "les Cahiers Rouges" published by Grasset - 2010paperback 19x12 cm221 pp.in very good conditionIn the Land of Tales (1903) could have been called "The Tribulations of a Nordic in Russia." From Moscow to Baku, it is a fanciful journey, by train and on horseback, in the Caucasus of a century ago. Nothing escapes the narrator, neither the herds, nor the wide open spaces, nor the attire of the Tatar women... The slightest anecdote (an obscene watch, small crystal sellers) jumps out at him - mischievous eyes because the traveler never loses his joyful irony. He plays with the settings and the reader, shifting at the turn of a page, thanks to a fever, into dreamlike tableaux bordering on delirium, respecting the specifications of the subtitle: Dreamed things and things experienced in Caucasia. This moving story therefore goes off in all directions, even branching off into a short critical essay on the merits of Turgenev, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. In fact, Hamsun exploits the qualities that he attributes to the Russian people: “spontaneity”, “ability to go off the rails”, “aptitude for the absurd”...It's funny, alert, lively, written in the present tense. This disconcerting book reveals all the talents and all the verve of a great writer.In the Land of Tales (1903) could have been called "The Tribulations of a Nordic in Russia." From Moscow to Baku, it is a fanciful journey, by train and on horseback, in the Caucasus of a century ago. Nothing escapes the narrator, neither the herds, nor the wide open spaces, nor the attire of the Tatar women... The slightest anecdote (an obscene watch, small crystal sellers) jumps out at him - mischievous eyes because the traveler never loses his joyful irony. He plays with the settings and the reader, shifting at the turn of a page, thanks to a fever, into dreamlike tableaux bordering on delirium, respecting the specifications of the subtitle: Dreamed things and things experienced in Caucasia. This moving story therefore goes off in all directions, even branching off into a short critical

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