Reading this; what the fuck happened in the shop where he

bamp

>>9213031
iirc he goes in to ask for a candle on credit (he won't allow himself to ask for food on credit since food wouldn't help him get his work done/get paid). He is mistakenly given someone else's change.
He buys some food, feels guilty, gives the money to a poor person and goes back to confess to the shop-boy.

>>9213665
Damn this book sounds dumb as fuck.

>>9213680
>empathy is dumb

>>9213680
it's shite. literally nothing but the ramblings of a tramp who's convinced he's a literary genius because he's going mad from [title drop goes here]

>>9213730
Well...

>>9213732
It's autobiographical, so the protagonist is a genius.

>>9213680
>>9213732
>Shitting on Hamsun
What a cruel world do we live in where a man can talk shit about another man's waifu

>>9213737
it's autobiographical, so the protagonist got published. but he's still just a barmy hobo.

He waits to hand over the money because he got none and wants to beg the clerk to give him the candle on credit. While he is looking for the right words, the clerk gives him the change for 5 monies because he assumed he did already pay and was just waiting for his change.