FeatuRing an iconoclastic hero who refuses to accept the standards of his society, this novelis one of the Nobel Prizewinner s greatest works.
Upon returning from America as a young man, Abel falls in love with his longtime acquaintance Olga, the pharmacist s daughter.
Haunted by the secrets of his travels, however, Abel determines to live on t.
The only son of a miserly lighthouse-keeper and an alcoholic mother, Abel grows up in a remote Norwegian village then travels around the United States.
FeatuRing an iconoclastic hero who refuses to accept the standards of his society, this novelis one of the Nobel Prizewinner s greatest works