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 of which the poet James Wright has translated and included in this book. This is a special volum
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 confines of conventional society.Johann Veraguth, a wealthy, successful artist, is estranged from
Selected and with an Introduction by Theodore Ziolkowski.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 to become his second wife. That story, P
This huge anthology offers a kaleidoscope of brilliant writing from the Magi of the imagination. Alberto Manguel has selected 72 fantastic tales from life on the edge of the twilight zone, with stories from Marguerite Yourcenar, Herman Hesse, Italo Calvin
On May 2, 1919, Hesse wrote to Romain Rolland: "I have had to bear a very heavy burden in my personal life in recent years. Now I am about to go to Ticino once again, to live for a while as a hermit in nature and in my work." In 1920, after settling in th
Geschildert werden die letzten Lebensmonate eines Malers, dessen Lebensgier und Schaffensrausch an die Intensität Vincent van Goghs erinnern: "Die Natur hat zehntausend Farben, wir aber haben uns in den Kopf gesetzt, die Skala auf zwanzig zu reduzieren."
Als Hesse diese Erzählung schrieb, lagen die Begebenheiten, an die er sich hier erinnert, fast dreißig Jahre zurück. Die topographische ebenso wie die psychologische Präzision des Geschilderten, die sich über Jahrzehnte hinweg unauslöschlich in alle
"Spells of Enchantment" brings together the best literary fairy tales ever written, arranged to provide a sense of the history and evolution of this ancient genre. Focusing on the work of the most gifted writers of the great Western literary movements fro
Friedrich Klein, der ehrbare Beamte, treusorgende Ehegatte und Familienvater, durchbricht plötzlich, belastet mit einem imaginären Verbrechen, dem vierfachen Mord an Frau und Kindern, mit falschem Paß, einem Revolver und unterschlagenem Geld in der Tas
