The Glass Bead Game. Journey to the Land of the East. Steppenwolf
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The Glass Bead Game. Journey to the Land of the East. Steppenwolf
19.99 €
15.99 €
Throughout his career, Hesse was occupied with reflections on the fate of the world, art and civilization. The writer began working on his main novel "The Bead Game" a couple of years before the Nazis came to power, published it in 1943 - a crucial year of the Second World War, and in 1946 he received the Nobel Prize for it. In this, according to Thomas Mann's definition, "joyful and mysterious book", written in an atmosphere of general militarization and barbarism, Hesse asks the main question: how to save the individual and spirituality in a period of the collapse of culture and the general decline of morality?
Because of the complexity of construction, the intertwining of many genre forms, the richness of symbolism, terms and concepts from a variety of cultural fields, the novel was not understood and accepted by all, but immediately gave rise to heated discussions and became a spiritual guide for generations around the world.
"Steppenwolf" - one of the most important novels of the XX century, first published in 1927. This is a philosophical parable, and at the same time a profound study of the psychology of man, vainly trying to find and find his own "I", constantly balancing at the intersection of animal and human beginning.
This is a love story, which leads to an unexpected tragic outcome, it is also a political, social novel, in which the hero acts as a fierce critic of the existing bourgeoisie.
The edition also includes the allegorical story "Journey to the Land of the East".
Because of the complexity of construction, the intertwining of many genre forms, the richness of symbolism, terms and concepts from a variety of cultural fields, the novel was not understood and accepted by all, but immediately gave rise to heated discussions and became a spiritual guide for generations around the world.
"Steppenwolf" - one of the most important novels of the XX century, first published in 1927. This is a philosophical parable, and at the same time a profound study of the psychology of man, vainly trying to find and find his own "I", constantly balancing at the intersection of animal and human beginning.
This is a love story, which leads to an unexpected tragic outcome, it is also a political, social novel, in which the hero acts as a fierce critic of the existing bourgeoisie.
The edition also includes the allegorical story "Journey to the Land of the East".
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Neoclassic.