Lucky Per
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
ISBN
9781101908099, 1101908092
Physical Desc
xli, 610 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Barrington - Fiction (Main Level) | PON | On Shelf |
Providence Public - Level G Fiction | Fic Pontoppidan | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9781101908099, 1101908092
Notes
General Note
Originally published as: Lykke-Per. Copenhagen : Nordisk Forlag A/S, 1898.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"A true neglected classic, this sweeping 1904 novel is a Modernist masterpiece and arguably "the great Danish novel"-- but is only newly available in English. Lucky Per is a bildungsroman about the ambitious son of a clergyman who rejects his faith and flees his restricted life in the Danish countryside for the capital city. Per is a gifted young man who arrives in Copenhagen believing that "you had to hunt down luck as if it were a wild creature, a crooked-fanged beast. and capture and bind it." Per's love interest, a Jewish heiress, is both the strongest character in the book and one of the greatest Jewish heroines of European literature. Per becomes obsessed with a grand engineering scheme that he believes will reshape both Denmark's landscape and its minor place in the world; eventually, both his personal and his career ambitions come to grief. At its heart, the story revolves around the question of the relationship of "luck" to "happiness" (the Danish word in the title can have both meanings), a relationship Per comes to see differently by the end of his life"--,Provided by publisher.
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"A hardcover edition of the 1904 novel by Nobel Prize-winning Danish author Henrik Pontoppidan, widely considered "the great Danish novel," but not available in English until recently. In a translation by Naomi Lebowitz, with a new introduction by novelist Garth Risk Hallberg, bibliography, and chronology"--,Provided by publisher.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pontoppidan, H., Lebowitz, N., & Hallberg, G. R. (2019). Lucky Per . Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pontoppidan, Henrik, 1857-1943, Naomi, Lebowitz and Garth Risk, Hallberg. 2019. Lucky Per. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pontoppidan, Henrik, 1857-1943, Naomi, Lebowitz and Garth Risk, Hallberg. Lucky Per Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pontoppidan, Henrik, Naomi Lebowitz, and Garth Risk Hallberg. Lucky Per Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
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