Pan

About this book

Lieutenant Glahn lives alone in a cabin on the edge of a northern forest, accompanied by his dog Aesop. Nature offers him a fierce sense of freedom, but his encounter with Edvarda turns solitude into obsession.

Knut Hamsun tells the story through a restless, unreliable consciousness. Hunting, summer light, pride and desire become inseparable, and the landscape seems to respond to Glahn's changing moods. Pan has the intimacy of a confession and the unease of watching a man misunderstand almost every important feeling he has.