Well I'm for one glad it did. Never heard of this book, but it sounds interesting enough (and not just because of the potato paragraphs) that I just ordered a copy.
You're in for a treat. Its one of my all time favs. Very contemplative about man, nature, the search for meeting and really the whole emotional spectrum of a lived life. Won the Nobel prize for literature in the 1920s and still holds up very well as a very readable book by modern standards.
Thanks!