Im Hungry! - Rated 
Outstanding book, This book sounds depressing from the back cover and maybe is in parts but humour is spread throughout this book too. I loved this book and the main character who has some issues! lol This book inspired Bukowski and I can see why! Oh and make sure you have food beside you when you read this book, The detailed descriptions of how hungry the main character gets made me soooo hungry and I had to eat while reading...enjoy
Other books you may like if you liked this:Ham on Rye/Ask the Dust
KNUT HAMSUN Hunger Picador 1976 - Rated 
Astonishingly this novel was written in 1890, but might easily be a contender for the earliest piece of literary modernism. In a place that sits between Dostoevsky and Kierkegaard on the one hand, and the existentialism of the inter-war years, it is very much a curiosity.
The nameless narrator around whose thoughts the novel revolves stumbles aimlessly through the streets of Christiania, half starved, vomiting every time he eats something, shouting spuriously at policemen and prostitutes, trying to find the inspiration for his next literary effort that might earn him the elusive ten krone that he craves.
Chewing buttons and eating wood shavings, this could have become a comic parody, if it hadn't been the first of its kind. But it is also bleak;
'If I had been behaving like a reasonable man, I would have gone home and lain down quietly a long time ago, just given up.'
Miserable fun.
Stunning - Rated
This is without a doubt my absolute favourite book of all time, and I can't really pinpoint why.
There is no real plot to this book- it is a novel about a struggling writer, and his day to day business. What makes this book special though is the way it is written. It is disturbing in places, as his hunger-invoked insanity is described, but the character is so pitiful you just want to help him.
It's a short book, and one I've read countless times and couldn't be without. I've lent this out and had to buy another copy because I couldn't wait to get it back!
I think it evokes a lot of emotion in the reader, in that you desperately want things to be alright for him, and for there to be a happy ending.
It's a stunning book, and beautifully written, a true piece of art!
amazing - Rated
It is hard to believe that this book was written in 1890. It is a fascinating read, and the style is timeless. In fact, I would say that this book is a breakthrough into the modern world of literature: internal monologue and tragic circumstances give an insight into the human struggle. A classic which simply HAS to be read.
Prepare to be dazzled - Rated
This is an amazing book which drags you into the murky world of the narrator and forces you to feel his anguish, despair and humiliation as he struggles to find enough to eat to keep himself alive. The emotions provoked by the book are so strong that at times I found myself confused about where I was so thoroughly did I feel transported to the Christiania inhabited by the author.
The writing is so vivid that it is impossible not to be completely drawn in. On a number of occasions the narrator takes what he perceives to be 'moral decisions' which left me furious with him - he would rather starve than betray his conscience - and I actually found myself trying to reason with him. At times I had to put the book down so infuriated was I with his actions - I think I was going through the anguish of hunger with him and when he had a chance to get food and passed it up, it was more than I could bear!
At other times I was captivated by the humour and eccentricity of the book ... the narrator's mood swings, delusions and interactions with others make for very entertaining passages.
I highly recommend this book - it is both disturbing and memorable and I know it will stay with me for a long time.
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