tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post583823932327463841..comments2023-06-21T18:53:11.897+10:00Comments on Pykk: not a continuous wave but a storm of interruptionsUmbagollahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-27102114887984441972014-11-04T05:57:28.100+11:002014-11-04T05:57:28.100+11:00I've been thinking of it as evidence that he w...I've been thinking of it as evidence that he wanted people to exist in the way that plants exist, as mute surging beings that don't need to understand their thoughts or their parents. His protagonists have trouble doing ordinary human things like speaking, or eating, or sleeping, but if they can tune themselves into a landscape then they're calm and settled; they feel like themselves. You don't see it so much in <i>Mysteries</i>. It's there in the Wanderers books, and in <i>Growth</i>, and <i>Pan</i>, for example. Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-58127891228281241382014-11-04T04:13:48.889+11:002014-11-04T04:13:48.889+11:00Interesting take on the rootlessness of Hamsun'...Interesting take on the rootlessness of Hamsun's characters. But would you say that Hamsun's refusal to provide a "chronological background" or "likewise chronological" thoughts for his characters (or his readers) is an aesthetic statement or a "spiritual" statement related to each novel or some mix of the two? Having only read <em>Mysteries</em>, I guess I'm now interested in seeing how his narrative gambits play out in different works by him.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-20930293398064145722014-11-03T05:40:45.746+11:002014-11-03T05:40:45.746+11:00I agree; it's part of their prophet-presentati...I agree; it's part of their prophet-presentation. They're introduced like prophets, they bewilder people like prophets, and yet the prophesy itself isn't there. I don't remember if anyone has used the word "uncanny" in this Mysteries read-along yet but Hamsun uses the form of uncanniness quite a lot. Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-47614038286118502902014-11-02T11:04:51.399+11:002014-11-02T11:04:51.399+11:00The protagonists (in Mysteries and Hunger) could a...The protagonists (in Mysteries and Hunger) could also be seen as prophets, also often unhoused, searching to express some non-existent truth. Their lack of a home is certainly key in the two books I have read.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.com