Hermann Hesses Betrachtungen und Gedichte über seine Wanderung in das Tessin gehören zu den schönsten Texten des Dichters. Nach mehrjährigem poetischen Verstummen (durch Hesses Einsatz im Dienst der Kriegsgefangenenfürsorge) in...
Siddhartha is a 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha. The book, Hesse's ninth novel, was written in German, in a simple, lyrical style. It...
"The war is nobody's fault. It occurs by itself, like thunder and lightning. All of us who must fight wars are not the perpetrators. We are only their victims."
Die berühmte »Nürnberger Reise« enthält Erinnerungen an eine Herbstreise Hermann Hesses im Jahr 1925 vom Tessin aus durch Schwaben und Franken. Diese Reise von Locarno über Zürich, Blaubeuren, Ulm, Augsburg und Mü...
One of Herman Hesses earliest novels, In the Old Sun (In der Alten Sonne) was completed in 1908. The book, out of print in English for a hundred years, was originally published before the novels that were to make Hesse famous in the decades after World...
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In this novel about music, love, and creativity, Hermann Hesse weaves a tale of loss and redemption. Kuhn, the sensitive narrator, disabled in an accident as a young man, has become a renowned composer. He is drawn to a beautiful, mysterious singer named...