Hermann Hesse
1) Siddhartha
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THE CLASSIC NOVEL OF ONE MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING HAS DELIGHTED, INSPIRED, AND INFLUENCED GENERATIONS
This classic allegorical novel of self-discovery by Hermann Hesse has touched the lives of millions since its original publication in 1922, after Hesse had spent time in India. Integrating Eastern and Western spiritual traditions with psychoanalysis and philosophy, this simple tale, written with a deep and moving empathy for humanity, provides the...
2) Steppenwolf
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"Kurt Beals makes this 1927 classic of psychedelic dreams sparkle in new technicolor splendor. Talk to your doctor about possible side effects." -Martin Puchner, author of The Language of Thieves: My Family's Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate
This revolutionary translation is the only way to experience the novel as Hesse envisioned it nearly one hundred years ago.
The quest for self-discovery never ends, especially for...
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Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth, by Nobel Prize-winning author Herman Hesse, is a profound exploration of self-discovery, spirituality, and the human psyche. This timeless classic, newly introduced by Thomas Wayne, takes readers on an introspective journey through the coming-of-age story of Emil Sinclair, a young man searching for identity, purpose, and meaning in a complex world.
A Journey of Duality: Emil Sinclair lives between two...
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This selection of twenty-three stories (twenty available in English for the first time) offers a spectrum of Hesse's writing from 1899 to 1948 that could be matched only by an edition of his poetry, since in no other form-novel, essay, autobiographical reflection-did he span so many years. Here, within the covers of a single volume, the reader can trace Hesse's development from the aestheticism of his youth through the realism and surrealism of the...
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Peter Camenzind, published in 1904, was the first novel byHermann Hesse. It contains a number of themes that were to preoccupy the author in many of his later works, most notably the individual's search for a unique spiritual and physical identity amidst the backdrops of nature and modern civilization, and the role of art in the formation of personal identity.