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ROSA?Knud Hamsun?Knopf ($2.50). The chronicles of Sirilund fishing village are still-life sketches beside Hunger and Segelfoss Town and Growth of the Soil. But Hamsun, pride of Norway, is a man to read thoroughly. This sequel to Benoni is named for Rosa because it is told in the first person by a young student that came to Sirilund just after her divorce was arranged, just before she married Benoni Hartvigsen. He is homely and humble, this student, and loves Rosa inevitably. Is she not the only beautiful thing in that village of drying fish and stuffy sitting rooms...
...parson heard and made Benoni sign a public retraction. Deputized by the lazy sheriff to read public announcements after church, Benoni omitted the retraction. Of course this was found out and the lion-marked post bag, symbol of Benoni's distinction among his fellow fishermen, was taken from...
...Benoni trembled and was more wretched when Trader Mack of Sirilund sent for him. Mack was Rosa's godfather and with all his property he could do a man much good or evil. When Mack merely suggested that Benoni go to buying herring for market with money from his lucky seining shares, Benoni eagerly promised he would and bought the necessary barrels and salt from Mack...
...ventures went well. Mack's condescension cheered Benoni and won him people's respect again. Now they called him "Hartvigsen." Even Rosa spoke him kindly when he was invited to Mack's Christmas party...
...That crafty Mack! And Rosa kept putting off their wedding, until young Nikolai Arentsen, her former betrothed, came home with his law learning, opened an office and began to get cases thick and fast. Rosa conveyed to the big fisherman that she was sorry, but . . . Soon he was "Benoni" again to everyone. He gave Mack notice for his mortgage money but went on working with him. He had to. Mack knew business, Benoni nothing. By chance Benoni learned there were lead and silver along a stretch of shore. He cared nothing for that. He wanted the rocks for fish-drying...