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Pan by Knut Hamsun
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it was amazing

- I love a dream of love I once had,
I love you, and I love this patch of earth.
- And which do you love best?
- The Dream.
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The story is simple, a man full of love for nature and life, his flame is blazing and of course he meet some beautiful girls One of them is a mythical character, I love myths so much and I’m always interested in learning more about European myths
It’s common among authors to include some references to myths in their stories but it doesn’t always works well, in this book I can say that the use of myths inside the story is one of the best that I have encountered yet.
Hamsun use the myths as dream or a vision, sometimes the protagonist compares his fate as stories of myths that he recalls

As I said the story and the plot is simple but the language is beautiful and their are some Magical moments, when he dream � not clear if he dream while sleeping or awake �
and when he stays awake for more than one night he start to see some sort of vision or hallucination. This moment with the beautiful prose and the magical sitting in northern Norway is what makes it a 5 star read for me
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Reading Progress

December 8, 2022 – Shelved as: to-read
December 8, 2022 – Shelved
December 26, 2022 – Started Reading
December 27, 2022 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by JimZ (new)

JimZ I shall put this on my TBR list after reading your review.


message 2: by JimZ (new)

JimZ Oh, and I loved 'Hunger' by same author.


Iluvatar . I has both Hunger and the growth of soil but thought that Pan would be better as start but definitely looking forward for the others


s.penkevich Great review! Wow, I forgot how good this was, probably my favorite by him.


message 5: by Michael (new)

Michael Brown You might also like "Mysteries" - that one has stayed with me.


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