- Fiction, Life, Western Civilization, Psychological fiction
A story that focuses on the loneliness and suffering of the protagonist, Harry Haller, who feels that he has no place in a world filled with meaningless frivolity. Having decided to take his own life a chance encounter causes him to change his views and he begins to learn ways to enjoy life. One of the most misunderstood of his novels the book is, according to Hesse, about the possibilities of transcendence and healing.
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Contemplative, prestige, grave and character-led.
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Hermann Hesse
- First published
- 1927
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Norton & Company Limited, W. W., Penguin Books Ltd, Picador
- Editions
- 239
- Language
- Polish, Korean, Portuguese, Russian
- ISBN
- 9780030121357
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“The day had gone by just as days go by.”
Hermann Karl Hesse -pseudonym: Emil Sinclair- (* 2. Juli 1877 in Calw; † 9. August 1962 in Montagnola, Schweiz), war ein deutsch-schweizerischer Schriftsteller, Dichter und Maler. Bekanntheit erlangte er mit Prosawerken wie *Siddhartha, Demian, Der Steppenwolf* sowie auch *Narziß und Goldmund* und mit seinen Gedichten (z. B. *Stufen).* 1946 wurde ihm der Nobelpreis für Literatur und 1954 der Orden Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste verliehen. ---------- Hermann Karl Hesse (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include *Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha,* and *The Glass Bead Game,* each of which explores an individual's searc
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