A modernist work of profound wisdom that continues to enthral readers with its subtle blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, the Penguin Modern Classics edition of Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf is revised by Walter Sorell from the original translat...
68 spiritual poems from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Siddhartha , Steppenwolf , and The Glass Bead Game âwho inspired millions as he forged cultural bridges between the East and West.
2011 Reprint of 1948 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The main character of this classic novel, Emil Sinclair, is a young boy raised in a bourgeois home, amidst what is described as a Schei...
2011 Reprint of 1957 English Translation. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Journey to the East" is written from the point of view of a man who becomes a member of "The League",...
Siddhartha is an Indian novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man during the time of the Gautama Buddha. The book, Hesse's ninth novel, was originally written in German. It was published in the United States...
'The unhappiness that I need and long for . . is of the kind that will let me suffer with eagerness and die with lust. That is the unhappiness, or happiness, that I am waiting for.'
Siddhartha is an interesting novel that deals with the spiritual journey of a boy known as Siddhartha, who leaves his home from the Indian subcontinent during the time of the Buddha.
This book is an allegorical tale of a Brahman boy who seeks peace and enlightenment after leaving his well off circumstances. He sets his goal to self-denial and ascetic life among the numerous holy men than roamed the land in that time. After dissatisfie...
La 4e de couverture indique : Nur für Verrückte? Als Der Steppenwolf vor siebzig Jahren erschien, wurde er von vielen angegriffen, von anderen begeistert aufgenommen. Vierzig Jahre später, in den bewegten sechz...
Herman Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, painter and novelist. In 1946 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is most noted for Steppenwolf, Siddhartha and The Glass Bead Game. Siddhartha was written in 1922 and showed his love of the Indian cultur...
Ein Schulmeister hat lieber zehn notorische Esel als ein Genie in seiner Klasse, und genau betrachtet hat er ja recht, denn seine Aufgabe ist es nicht, extravagante Geister heranzubilden, sondern gute Lateiner, Rechner und Biedermänner. Wer aber mehr...
Hesse gehört zu den Autoren, die das Glück hatten, alt zu werden und alle Lebensstufen auf charakteristische Weise erfahren und darstellen zu können. Zu den schönsten dieser Schilderungen gehören seine Betrachtungen über das...