Mysteries
Author: Knut Hamsun
The main character, like the title says, is a mysterious guy. Nagel arrives in a Norwegian town with plenty of money & goodwill. Tho kind of an eccentric, he seems to start to fit in with the local crowd. But it’s almost as if Nagel only just landed on Earth, & while he wishes to live correctly, has no idea how to do it. Published at the end of the last century, Mysteries….Read More
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