About the book: 2011 / “The Mad Norwegian.” Nobel Prize winner. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A genius not only of Scandinavian, but also of world literature. His fate was difficult and ambiguous. During his lifetime, he had the opportunity to experience rapid fame, complete oblivion, and a new return to glory - this time not national, but “elite.” However, no literary fashion can cast a shadow on the power of true writing talent - a talent of the level that Knut Hamsun possessed. The third novel in Knut Hamsun's trilogy about Augustus - a dreamer, a tramp and an adventurer. August is getting old - he is already over sixty. But he still has the unique gift of interfering in human destinies, infecting those around him with his thirst for enrichment - and becoming either a demon-tempter collecting the souls of townspeople and peasants, or, on the contrary, an angel testing their hearts for strength…