Hunger (graphic novel)

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Hunger
(Sult)
Date2019
Page count224 pages
PublisherMinuskel forlag
Creative team
Writer Martin Ernstsen, based on Hunger by Knut Hamsun
ArtistMartin Ernstsen
ISBN 9788292796702

Hunger (Norwegian : Sult) is a graphic novel by Martin Ernstsen, based on the novel Hunger by Knut Hamsun. It is about a struggling and starving artist who wanders the streets of late 19th-century Christiania. The comic book was published in Norwegian by Minuskel forlag in 2019. [1] It was well received by critics and received the Brage Prize in the open class. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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