Chandan: Thank you so much. I read Knut Hamsun's 'Pan' as well as have translated his short story, 'Pale Anna' to Assamese. However I have not read this classic 'Growth of the Soil' which I will now. Reading the plot now it makes sense. This also means that Pearls Buck's novel "Good Earth" was based on similar plot in China. Interesting. and thanks again. Rajen
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:57 AM Subject: [Assam] More on Maati aru Manuh > See note from my brother mm below. > > > I looked up Knut Hamsun. Remember that name well. Read part of his > novel Pan, again while in high school. It was in our home 'almirah', > dog eared and worm holed. Must have been obtained by one of my > brothers. > > > Maati aru Manuh WAS a translation of Knut Hamsun's Nobel Prize > winning epic Growth of the Soil. > See below and > http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780143105107 > > That Isak was the lead character as I remember well, is the clear > proof, as is the story line. > > So the author, most likely was Dinanath Sarma. > > BTW it was a riveting book. > > cm > > ************************************************************************************************************** > Growth of the Soil > Synopsis > > The epic novel of man and nature that won its author the Nobel Prize > in Literature-the first new English translation since the novel's > original publication ninety years ago > > When it was first published in 1917, Growth of the Soil was > immediately recognized as a masterpiece. Ninety years later it > remains a transporting literary experience. In the story of Isak, who > leaves his village to clear a homestead and raise a family amid the > untilled tracts of the Norwegian back country, Knut Hamsun evokes the > elemental bond between humans and the land. Newly translated by the > acclaimed Hamsun scholar Sverre Lyngstad, Hamsun's novel is a work of > preternatural calm, stern beauty, and biblical power-and the crowning > achievement of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. > Annotation > > Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. The story of an > elemental existence in rural Norway. > More Reviews and Recommendations > Biography > > Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. > Sverre Lyngstad has translated Hamsun's other novels for Penguin > Classics and is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and > comparative literature at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. > Brad Leithauser is a MacArthur Prize-winning novelist, poet, and > critic who writes frequently about Nordic literature and teaches at > Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >>I asked Bunu--Blank! >>Asked Mainu Baideo .She asked Hiren and in the morning thought 'The >>book was published by GOA's Prokaxon Parixod' >>Today I had no time to ask anybody at Pr Pa. >>2Hours back she had something: Dinanath Sarma wrote this -being >>Inspired by a book on Love of the Land and struggle for it--- by >>Knut Hampsen? She was almost sure that the author was NOT Jogesh Das. >>She wanted you to recall ifyou remember a Chinese sounding Character >>Lin Yang in the book. If there was no China character --she is sure >>--it was not a translation of Pearl S Buck's The Good Earth. >>She would also like your description of the theme in this book you >>read in your Teens >> >> >> >>> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:50:23 -0600 >>> To: [email protected] >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Re: [Assam] Jayanta writes >>> >>> That is quite interesting. >>> >> > I can't wait to find out the REAL truth now :-). >>> > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
