Title: This is the most sentimental and straightforward of all the Hamsun novel I've read, but it was still very enjoyable.
Product review: I especially liked the second half of the book. The plot is typical of Hamsun, featuring obsessive love, self-destructive behavior, and characters who try to deny the things that they want most and do the opposite of what they should do. However, the level of Hamsun's distinctive craziness (e.g., midgets, neuroses, nervous breakdowns, harelips, murder) is much more subdued in this novel.
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