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Dreamers (novel)
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Wikipedia article
'Dreamers' (, also published in English as 'Mothwise'Sjlyst-Jackson, Peter. 2010. 'Troubling Legacies: Migration, Modernism and Fascism in the Case of Knut Hamsun'. London: Continuum, p. 172.Hamsun, Knut. 1994. 'Knut Hamsuns brev', vol. 6. Oslo: Gyldendal, p. 17.) is a novel by Knut Hamsun from 1904. The novel is among Hamsun's last set in Nordland and it contains many comical and caricatured people and events.
The main characters are the telegraph operator Ove Rolandsen and Elise Mack, the daughter of the "privileged trader" Mack of Rosengaard. This Mack is referred to as a brother of the privileged trader at Sirilund in Hamsun's novel 'Pan'.
The novel was written while Hamsun was living at the Reenskaug Hotel in Drbak.[http://www.reenskaug.no/historie/index.html Reenskaug Hotel: Litt historie.][http://www.amta.no/mat-og-drikke/turisme/oscarsborg/reenskaug-og-oscarsborg-styrker-drobak-som-turistdestinasjon/s/5-3-35352 Knudsen, Steinar. 2015. Reenskaug og Oscarsborg styrker Drbak som turistdestinasjon. Amta.no (August 8).]
In the copy that Hamsun sent to his friend in Bergen, Khler Olsen, he wrote the following dedication: "This is a book with a priest's wife that misses me." When he later published the novel 'Under the Autumn Star' ('Under Hststjernen'), his dedication to Khler Olsen read "And, dear Khler, this is a book about a priest's wife that has NOT missed me. Are you so happy?" The copies are held by the university library in Bergen.Bakken, Hallvard S. 1975 Hamsuniana. 'Bergens Tidende' (March 8).
Film adaptation
The 1993 film 'The Telegraphist' was based on the novel.Baumgartner, Walter. 1998. 'Den modernistiske Hamsun: medrivende og frasttende'. Oslo: Gyldendal, p. 202.Andersen, Jesper et al. 1994. 'Hamsun p film: katalog til Copenhagen Film Festival 1994 og Nordiske Kulturdage i Ribe Amt 1994'. Copenhagen: Filminstitut, p. 9.
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