![]() A stranger by the name of Nagel appeared, a singular character who shook the town by his eccentric behavior and then vanished as suddenly as he had come… In the middle of the summer of 1891 the most extraordinary things began happening in a small Norwegian coastal town. Now let’s hear from Hamsun about the man in the yellow suit. According to Isaac Bashevis Singer, “The whole modern school of fiction in the twentieth century stems from Hamsun.” No wonder so many of the modern masters – including Ernest Hemingway, John Fante, and Charles Bukowski – admired Hamsun and considered him one of their greatest teachers. The opening paragraphs set up the story and the basic plot in a suspenseful way that pulls in the reader. Henry Miller called the novel “closer to me than any other book I have read.” ![]() In his novel Mysteries (1892), Norwegian author Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) offers a master class in how to open a story, introduce a main character, and create dramatic interest. ![]()
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