- Literature, Fiction, Classic Literature, Norway -- Fiction.
The epic novel of man and nature that won its author the Nobel Prize in Literature—the first new English translation since the novel's original publication ninety years ago When it was first published in 1917, Growth of the Soil was immediately recognized as a masterpiece.
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Earnest, contemplative, grave and prestige.
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
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- First published
- 1917
- Pages
- 388
- Publisher
- Gyldendal, Empire Books, IndyPublish
- Editions
- 114
- Language
- dan, English, nor, German
- ISBN
- 9798608278648
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“The long, long road over the moors and up into the forest-who trod it into being first of all?”
Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize winner in 1920.
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