
A wandering narrator drifts through the stark northern landscape, his thoughts as restless as the wind that sweeps the open roads. He encounters the enigmatic Captain Falkenberg and his wife, whose lives become a mirror for his own yearning and doubts. Through vivid observations and quiet introspection, the story captures the tension between youthful ambition and the slow pull of time.
The narrative unfolds as a delicate portrait of a man caught between the impulse to roam and the desire for connection. Hamsun’s lyrical prose renders ordinary moments—an evening by the fire, a shared drink, a fleeting glance—into profound reflections on love, regret, and the fleeting nature of passion. Listeners will be drawn into a world where the landscape itself seems to speak, inviting contemplation of the paths we choose and the memories we carry.
Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (500K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Text file produced by Eric Eldred, Robert Connal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger
Release date
2005-03-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1859–1952
A major Norwegian novelist and Nobel Prize winner, he helped shape modern fiction with psychologically intense books like Hunger, Pan, and Growth of the Soil. His literary influence is lasting, even as his wartime politics have made his legacy deeply contested.
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