![]() ![]() Nagel is a total stranger to the little town, but he soon makes an unforgettable impression on its inhabitants, and people are taken aback by his unusual opinions and contradictory nature. A stranger by the name of Nagel appeared, a singular character who shook the town by his eccentric behaviour and then vanished as suddenly as he had come”. ![]() Translated from the Norwegian by Gerry Bothmer, Mysteries begins with the following lines: “ In the middle of the summer of 1891 the most extraordinary things began happening in a small Norwegian coastal town. I previously enjoyed Knut Hamsun’s book Hunger, which I reviewed in May, and, following the recommendation from CakeorDeathSite, I am now reviewing Mysteries by this Nobel Prize winner. ![]() “ Is there any way of knowing? There are so many strange things between heaven and earth, beautiful, inexplicable things, presentiments that can’t be explained, terrors that make your blood freeze”. ![]()
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