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In Hermann Hesse's Beneath the Wheel or The Prodigy , Hans Giebenrath lives among the dull and respectable townsfolk of a sleepy Black Forest village. When he is discovered to be an exceptionally gifted student, the entire community presses him onto a path of serious scholarship. Hans dutifully follows the regimen of tireless study and endless examinations, his success rewarded only with more crushing assignments. When Hans befriends a rebellious young poet, he begins to imagine other possibilities outside the narrowly circumscribed world of the academy. Finally sent home after a nervous breakdown, Hans is revived by nature and romance, and vows never to return to the gray conformity of the academic system.
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The Prodigy, Hermann Hesse
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- Released
- 2000
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- Title
- The Prodigy
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Hermann Hesse
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 160
- ISBN10
- 0141182733
- ISBN13
- 9780141182735
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, World Literature, Philosophical Topics, Love, Classics, Friendship, German Literature, Germany, School, Death, Society, Teens, Suicide, Boarding School
- First published
- 1906
- Original title
- Unterm Rad
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- In Hermann Hesse's Beneath the Wheel or The Prodigy , Hans Giebenrath lives among the dull and respectable townsfolk of a sleepy Black Forest village. When he is discovered to be an exceptionally gifted student, the entire community presses him onto a path of serious scholarship. Hans dutifully follows the regimen of tireless study and endless examinations, his success rewarded only with more crushing assignments. When Hans befriends a rebellious young poet, he begins to imagine other possibilities outside the narrowly circumscribed world of the academy. Finally sent home after a nervous breakdown, Hans is revived by nature and romance, and vows never to return to the gray conformity of the academic system.