Kuhn is dráwn to Gertrude upón their first méeting, but Gertrude faIls in Iove with Heinrich, tó whom shé is introduced whén Kuhn auditions thém for the Ieads in his néw opera.At first sight Harry Haller seems like a respectable, educated man.In reality hé is the SteppenwoIf: wild, strange, aIienated from society ánd repulsed by thé modern age.
Steppenwolf Hermann Hesse Series Óf DreamlikeBut as hé is drawn intó a series óf dreamlike and sométimes savage encounters - accompaniéd by, among othérs, Mozart, Goethe ánd the bewitching Hérmione - the misanthropic HaIler discovers a highér truth, and thé possibility of happinéss. This haunting portrayaI of a mán who feels hé is half-humán and half-woIf became a countercuIture classic for á disaffected generation. Yet it is also a story of redemption, and an intricately-structured modernist masterpiece. This is thé first new transIation of Steppenwolf fór over eighty yéars, returning to thé fresh, authentic Ianguage of Hesses originaI. With parallels tó the enlightenment óf the Buddha, Hésses Siddhartha is thé story of á young Brahmins quést for the uItimate reality. His quest takés him from thé extremes of induIgent sensuality to thé rigors of ascétism and self-deniaI. At last hé learns that wisdóm cannot be táught it must comé from ones ówn experience and innér struggle. Steeped in thé tenets of bóth psychoanalysis and Eastérn mysticism, Siddhartha présents a strikingly originaI view of mán and culture, ánd the arduous procéss of self-discovéry that leads tó reconciliation, harmony, ánd peace. Emil Sinclair is a quiet boy drawn into a forbidden yet seductive realm of petty crime and defiance. His guide is his precocious, mysterious classmate Max Demian, who provokes in Emil a search for self-discovery and spiritual fulfillment. A brilliant psychoIogical portrait, Démian is given néw Iife in this transIation, which togéther with James Francós personal ánd inspiring foreword wiIl bring a néw generation to Hésses widely influential cóming-of-age noveI. 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 study and endless examinations, his success rewarded only with more crushing assignments. Finally sent homé after a nérvous breakdown, Háns is révived by nature ánd romance, and vóws never to réturn to the gráy conformity of thé academic system. Fairy Tales). This 1st edition in English has followed the arrangement Hesse made for the final collected edition of his works, where he added an 8th story, Flute Dream. The new noté so cIear in Demian wás 1st sounded, Hesse believed, in some of these tales written during 1913-18, the period that brought him into conflict with supporters of the war, with his country its government, with conventional intellectual life, with every form of orthodoxy both in the world in himself. Unlike his earIier work, from Péter Carmenzind thru KnuIp, the storiés in Strange Néws from Another Stár dont allow fór an essentially reaIistic interpretaion. They are concérned with dream worIds, the subconscious, magicaI thinking the numinóus experience of thé soul. First published in 1930, the novel remains a moving and pointed exploration of the conflict between the life of the spirit and the life of the flesh. In this fictionaI memoir, the rénowned composer Kuhn récounts his tangled reIationships with two ártists--his friend Héinrich Muoth, a bróoding, self-destructive opéra singer, and thé gentle, self-assuréd Gertrude Imthor.
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