Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: Avoid General-Books scanned version

I don't know whether the other reviewers of this Hamsun novel had the same version I purchased from General-Books, but I found it impossible to get beyond the opening sentence, which reads: "Ihave the htntr to announce that I have teen appointed..." The publisher warns that this 83-page print on demand paperback was produced from a scanned copy of the original, but this advisory is no excuse for the incredibly sloppy production. Avoid this edition at all costs. New Directions and other publishers offer the same book for a price no much higher than what I paid for this version.