Hermann Hesse
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
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 the Ticino mountain village of Montagnola, he published Wandering, a love letter to this magic-garden world that can be read as a meditation on his attempt to begin a new life. His pure prose, his heartfelt...
Author
Series
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A moral allegory, set in ancient India, about one soul's quest for the ultimate answer to the enigma of man's role in this world. The hero, Siddhartha, undergoes a series of experiences to emerge in a state of peace and wisdom.
Author
Series
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Classics
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life -- the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace, and, finally, wisdom." --
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[1974]
Language
English
Description
"Arrays the opposing forces in over one hundred maps, pictures and orders of battle--the historical backgrounds, the terrain and armaments, the personalities, the weaknesses of the leaders on both sides--then pauses at crucial stages to explain the options open to each commander"--Dust jacket.
29) Magister ludi
Author
Series
Ungar paperbacks ; 2117
Publisher
F. Ungar Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1957?]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 23rd century, "The glass bead game" (Magister Ludi) the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister...
Author
Publisher
Shambhala Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In 1911, Hermann Hesse sailed through southeastern Asian waters on a trip that would define much of his later writing. Hesse brings his unique eye to scenes such as adventures in a rickshaw, watching foreign theater performances, exploring strange floating cities on stilts, and luxuriating in the simple beauty of the lush natural landscape. Even in the doldrums of travel, he records his experience with faithful humor, wit, and sharp observation,...
34) Rosshalde
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Pub. Date
[1970]
Language
English
Description
Story of a famous artist whose creativity is stifled by an empty marriage to which he is bound until freed by the death of his adored son.
Author
Series
Publisher
S. Fischer
Pub. Date
[1930]
Language
Deutsch
Description
This is the story of a young man, Goldmund, who wanders around aimlessly throughout Medieval Germany after leaving a Catholic monastery school in search of what could be described as "the meaning of life," or rather, meaning for his life. Weaving in and out of his adventures, and his life, is his good friend Narziss.
