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Knut Hamsun: A word can...

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A word can be transformed into a coulour, light, a smell; it is the writer's task to use it in such a way that it serves, never fails, can never be ignored.

Source: Article, 1888.
-- Knut Hamsun, (Aug 4 1859-1952), Norwegian novelist; He was a leader of the Neo-Romantic revolt who rescued the novel from excessive naturalism; Growth of the Soil, 1917.


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