Niels Lyhne is an aspiring poet, torn between romanticism and realism, faith and reason. Through his relationships with six women-including his young widowed aunt, a seductive free spirit, and his passionate cousin who marries his friend-his search for purpose becomes a yielding to disillusionment. One of Danish literature's greatest novels, with nods to Kierkegaard and a protagonist some critics have compared to Hamlet, Jacobsen's masterpiece has at its center a young man who faces the anguish of the human condition but cannot find comfort in the Christian faith. Tiina Nunnally's award-winning translation offers readers a chance to experience anew a writer deeply revered by Rilke, Ibsen, Mann, and Hesse.
Product details
- Paperback | 240 pages
- 133 x 199 x 14mm | 168g
- 26 Apr 2007
- Penguin Books Ltd
- PENGUIN CLASSICS
- London, United Kingdom
- English
- Translation
- 0143039814
- 9780143039815
- 88,752
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