Oslo, Gyldendal, 1933. The deluxe large paper edition of this novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian author, originally published in 1908. Hamsun was one of the most influential writers of the first half of the 20th century; his admirers included, among others, the Nobel Prize winners Isaac Bashevis Singer, Thomas Mann and Ernest Hemingway, who said "Hamsun taught me to write." Even Charles Bukowski called him the greatest writer who ever lived. His legacy was tarnished by his sympathy for Hitler in his later years, and after the war he was tried for treason and committed to a hospital. Benoni was the basis for a Norwegian television series in the 1970s. This is one of 375 numbered copies. Bookplate on front pastedown of Norwegian politician Kristofer Lehmkuhl, who became a founder of the Norwegian School of Economics. Lehmkuhl's name on title page; spine-sunned; light tanning to spine with shallow shelf wear to extremities; a very near fine copy in wrappers. [#020747] SOLD