A collection of twenty-two fairy tales by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, most translated into English for the first time, show the influence of German Romanticism, psychoanalysis, and Eastern religion on his development as an author.
Peter Camenzind, a young man from a Swiss mountain village, leaves his home and eagerly takes to the road in search of new experience. Traveling through Italy and France, Camenzind is increasingly disillusioned by the suffering he discovers around him; after failed romances and a tragic friendship, his idealism fades …
Journey to the East is a short novel by German author Hermann Hesse. It was first published in German in 1932 as "Die Morgenlandfahrt". This novel came directly after his biggest international success, Narcissus and Goldmund.
In Hermann Hesse's Beneath the Wheel, Hans Giebernath lives among the dull and respectable townsfolk of a sleepy Black Forest village. 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 …
Igra staklenim biserima je roman njemačkog pisca Hermanna Hessea objavljen 1943. Radnja romana se odigrava u budućnosti, u izmišljenoj državi Kastaliji gdje intelektualna elita upravlja školama i sveučilištima, u samostanskom stilu i duhu. Igra staklenim biserima se smatra Hesseovim magnumom opusom i vjerojatno je …
Narcis i Zlatousti je roman njemačkog pisca Hermanna Hessea objavljivan u novinama Neue Rundschau 1929.-1930. a u obliku romana je objavljen 1930. godine.
Demian je roman njemačkog pisca Hermanna Hessea objavljen 1919. Radnja romana govori o teškom zadatku, kako pronaći sebe.
Stepski vuk je roman njemačkog književnika Hermanna Hessea, objavljen 1927. godine. Govori o Harryju Halleru, osamljenom i nezadovoljnom intelektualcu u potrazi za izlazom iz životne krize u koju ga je dovela podvojenost vlastite ličnosti između ljudske i vučje prirode. Uz pitanja identiteta i individualizma, roman se …