Niels Lyhne is an aspiring poet, torn between romanticism and realism, faith and reason.
One of Danish literature\'s greatest novels, with nods to Kierkegaard and a protagonist some critics have compared to Hamlet, Jacobsen\'s masterpiece has at its center a young man who faces the anguis.
Through his relationships with six women--including his young widowed aunt, a seductive free spirit, and his passionate cousin who marries his friend--his search for purpose becomes a yielding to disillusionment.
Niels Lyhne is an aspiring poet, torn between romanticism and realism, faith and reason