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First published a hundred years ago, & now translated into English for the first time by noted Norwegian scholar Sverre Lyngstad, In Wonderland is a diaristic account of a trip Hamsun took to Russia at the turn of the century. This detailed travelog is a richly loving portrait of the people & culture of Russia, filled with the trademark style & keen observations of the author of such classics as Hunger, Mysteries, & Growth of the Soil.
In Wonderland is unlike any other book written by Hamsun. It offers not only an intimate glimpse into the mind of the Nobel Prize winning author at his unguarded best, but a rare view into a Russia that would soon vanish in the fire of revolution.