Niels Lyhne - Penguin Classics Author:Jens Peter Jacobsen An award-winning translation of the influential Danish master — Niels Lyhne is an aspiring poet, torn between romanticism and realism, faith and reason. Through his relationships with six women?including his young widowed aunt, a seductive free spirit, and his passionate cousin who marries his friend?his search for purpose becomes a yield... more »ing to disillusionment. One of Danish literature?s greatest novels, with nods to Kierkegaard and a protagonist some critics have compared to Hamlet, Jacobsen?s masterpiece has at its center a young man who faces the anguish of the human condition but cannot find comfort in the Christian faith. Tiina Nunnally?s award-winning translation offers readers a chance to experience anew a writer deeply revered by Rilke, Ibsen, Mann, and Hesse.« less
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