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Hermann Klugkist Hesse

    December 6, 1884 – August 24, 1949

    This author is renowned for his exploration of spirituality found outside the confines of society. His works delve into the inner landscape of the individual, often grappling with themes of identity and the search for meaning. He imbues his narratives with lyrical prose and introspective depth, resonating with readers seeking a profound understanding of the human condition.

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    Steppenwolf
    • Steppenwolf

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      4.2(137880)Add rating

      "These pocket-sized titles are stunning....They make the perfect stocking stuffers!" - Metro "Bought together or separately, these fiction titles are ideal stocking stuffers for the literature lover." - USA Today With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesse's best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literature's most poetic evocations of the soul's journey to liberation. Harry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconcile the wild primeval wolf and the rational man within himself without surrendering to the bourgeois values he despises. His life changes dramatically when he meets a woman who is his opposite, the carefree and elusive Hermine. The tale of the Steppenwolf culminates in the surreal Magic Theater-For Madmen Only! Originally published in English in 1929, Steppenwolf's wisdom continues to speak to our souls and marks it as a classic of modern literature. For more than twenty years, Picador has been producing beautifully packaged literary fiction and nonfiction books from Manhattan's Flatiron Building. Our Twentieth Anniversary Modern Classics line pairs iconic books - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse, Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson, and Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson - with a design that's both small enough to fit in your pocket and unique enough to stand out on your bookshelf.

      Steppenwolf
    • La vicenda di un giovane sognatore che, dopo aver frequentato il mondo del decadentismo parigino, trova nello spirito di san Francesco d'Assisi l'intima unione con la natura cui aspirava. La storia d'un timido amore nato dalla comune passione per la musica. Il rapporto conflittuale d'un pittore col mondo borghese, nella coscienza d'una frattura non ricomponibile. L'evoluzione spirituale d'un adolescente che, attraverso la ribellione e la solitudine, giunge infine ad essere "se stesso". Queste, in sintesi, le trame dei romanzi raccolti nel volume, tutti percorsi dal filo conduttore della ricerca interiore, attuata con l'acutezza e la delicata sensibilità così caratteristiche di Hermann Hesse. Ritroviamo in questi romanzi tutti i motivi che ci rendono cara e preziosa l'opera di Hesse: la volontà di purezza e di grandezza nell'arte e nell'essere umano, la tragedia a cui mai può sfuggire chi nasconde il proprio amore, l'intensa visione utopica di una sintesi tra la vita quotidiana e l'aspirazione profonda all'ascesi.

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