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    The Year of the Flood

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Steppenwolf

by Hermann Hesse

Steppenwolf Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Harry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconcile the wild primeval wolf and the rational man within himself without surrendering to the bourgeois values he despises. His life changes dramatically when he meerts a woman who is his opposite, the carefree and elusive Hermine. The tale of the Steppenwolf culminates in the surreal Magic Theater—for mad men only.

Steppenwolf is Hesse’s best-known and most autobiographical work. With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, it is one of literature’s most poetic evocations of the soul’s journey to liberation. Originally published in English in 1929, the novel’s wisdom continues to speak to our souls and marks it as a classic of modern literature.

About the Author

Hermann Hesse was born in Germany in 1877 and later became a citizen of Switzerland. As a Western man profoundly affected by the mysticism of Eastern thought, he wrote many novels, stories, and essays that bear a vital spiritual force that has captured the imagination and loyalty of many generations of readers. His works include Beneath the Wheel, Narcissus and Goldmund, and The Glass Bead Game. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. Hermann Hesse died in 1962.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780805012477
Subtitle:
A Novel
Introduction:
Mileck, Joseph
Author:
Hesse, Hermann
Author:
Mileck, Joseph
Publisher:
Holt Paperbacks
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Novels and novellas
Subject:
Continental european fiction (fictional works
Subject:
Life
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st Owl Book ed.
Edition Description:
Rev Owl Book
Series Volume:
SWR-90-01
Publication Date:
1990
Binding:
TP
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
218
Dimensions:
8.32x5.48x.56 in. .45 lbs.

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