{"product_id":"2026200007735-secondhand-the-wanderer-under-the-autumn-star-and-on-muted-strings","title":"The Wanderer: Under The Autumn Star And On Muted Strings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterwork of lyrical Norwegian fiction, The Wanderer binds together two novellas — Under the Autumn Star and On Muted Strings — that chronicle the restless journeys of Knut Hamsun's iconic vagabond, Knut Pedersen, as he drifts through the Norwegian countryside seeking labor, solitude, and fleeting human connection. Written with Hamsun's signature impressionistic prose, the narrative captures the bittersweet tension between a man's longing for freedom and his quiet ache for belonging, rendered through vivid seasonal landscapes and intimate, understated encounters. The tone is contemplative and elegiac, suffused with a gentle irony as the wanderer observes the rhythms of rural life — its loves, its hierarchies, and its small dignities — from the perspective of a perpetual outsider. Hamsun illustrates, with remarkable economy of language, how the open road is both a liberation and a kind of exile, making these two novellas among the most quietly profound works in Scandinavian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48839340654811,"sku":"2026200007735-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/de69475f-36aa-4f73-bf8b-9b052c609290.png?v=1780560853","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200007735-secondhand-the-wanderer-under-the-autumn-star-and-on-muted-strings","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}