{"product_id":"segelfoss-town-9780578882628","title":"Segelfoss Town","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew edition of J.S. Scott's 1925 English translation of \u003cem\u003eSegelfoss Town\u003c\/em\u003e (original title: \u003cem\u003eSegelfoss By\u003c\/em\u003e) by Knut Hamsun, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSegelfoss Town\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in Norway in 1915 and is an independent continuation of Hamsun's \u003cem\u003eChildren of the Age\u003c\/em\u003e, published two years earlier. The novel is a criticism of modern times, depicting the fall of the landed gentry and the rise of the working class. \u003cem\u003eSegelfoss Town\u003c\/em\u003e and its predecessor were the first of Hamsun's novels devoted to social issues. The two novels are described by Monika Zagar in \u003cem\u003eKnut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) as \"much more than dry social analysis; indeed, they investigate, in rich novelistic form, the propagation and survival of a family.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tough Poets Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50381579616530,"sku":"9780578882628","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_70eeee97-4551-4837-afb7-2e7fdde14c17.jpg?v=1728697027","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/segelfoss-town-9780578882628","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}