Shallow Soil

by Knut Hamsun · 1893

In Kristiania's bohemian and mercantile circles, artists and businessmen vie for love and worldly success.

Books mentioned in Shallow Soil (2)

• King Lear by William Shakespeare: “an emperor in defeat, King Lear, thoughts and thoughts.”
• Niels Lyhne by J. P. Jacobsen: “reminds one of the very greatest passages in that Danish classic, 'Niels Lyhne.'”