The Glass Bead Game
(Magister Ludi) A Novel
ISBN10: 0312278497
ISBN13: 9780312278496
Trade Paperback
576 Pages
$22.99
CA$30.99
Hermann Hesse's final novel, The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature.
Set in the twenty-third century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game).
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"The Glass Bead Game, then, is indispensable for a complete understanding of Hesse's thought."—Theodore Ziolkowski, from the Foreword