Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse
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Herman Hesse (1877-1962) was a German poet and novelist. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.


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Poems

Hermann Hesse; Selected, translated, and with an introduction by James Wright
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks

Few American readers seem to be aware that Hermann Hesse, author of the epic novels Steppenwolf and Siddhartha, among many others, also wrote poetry, the best...


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Gertrude

Hermann Hesse; Translated by Hilda Rosner
Picador

With Gertrude, Herman Hesse continues his lifelong exploration of the irreconcilable elements of human existence. In this fictional memoir, the renowned...


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Pictor's Metamorphoses

Hermann Hesse; Introduction by Theodore Ziolkowski; Translated by Rika Lesser
Picador

In the spring of 1922, several months after completing Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse wrote a fairy tale that was also a love story, inspired by the woman who was...


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Peter Camenzind

Hermann Hesse; Translated by Michael Roloff
Picador

Peter Camenzind, a young man from a Swiss mountain village, leaves his home and eagerly takes to the road in search of new experience. Traveling through Italy...


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Rosshalde

Hermann Hesse; Translated by Ralph Manheim
Picador

Rosshalde is the classic story of a man torn between obligations to his family and his longing for a spiritual fulfillment that can only be found outside the...


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Beneath the Wheel

Hermann Hesse; Translated by Michael Roloff
Picador

Hans Giebernath lives among the dull and respectable townsfolk of a sleepy Black Forest village. When he is discovered to be an exceptionally gifted student,...


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Narcissus and Goldmund

Hermann Hesse; Translated by Ursule Molinaro
Picador

Narcissus and Goldmund is the story of a passionate yet uneasy friendship between two men of opposite character. Narcissus, an ascetic instructor at a cloister...


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The Journey to the East

Hermann Hesse; Translated by Hilda Rosner
Picador

In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse tells of a journey both geographic and spiritual. H.H., a German choirmaster, is invited on an expedition with the...


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The Glass Bead Game

Hermann Hesse; Translated by Richard and Clara Winston; Foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski
Picador

The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of...


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Steppenwolf

Hermann Hesse; Translated by Basil Creighton; Revised by Joseph Mileck and Horst Frenz
Picador

With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesse’s best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literature’s most poetic...


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Soul of the Age

Hermann Hesse
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks


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