Mysteries (Norwegian: Mysterier, 1892) is the second novel by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. The community of a small Norwegian coastal town is shaken by the arrival of eccentric stranger Johan Nagel, who proceeds to shock, bewilder, and beguile its bourgeois inhabitants with his bizarre behavior, feverish rants, and uncompromising self-revelations. The novel was originally published in Norwegian in Norway in 1892. In 1922, Knopf published the first English translation, a bowdlerized translation by Arthur G. Chater.
Adaptations (1)
Mysteries was adapted into a 1978 film.
Mysteries1978 · film · 93 min · dir. Paul de Lussanet · IMDb ↗IMDb5.3In the winter of 1891 a stranger arrives in a small coastal town on the Isle of Man. His presence soon disturbs the lives of the local inhabitants, especially the beautiful daughter of the parson.
