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Steppenwolf

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Informationen zum Autor Hermann Hesse Klappentext A new translation by David Horrocks. At first sight Harry Haller seems like a respectable, educated man. In reality he is the Steppenwolf: wild, strange, alienated from society and repulsed by the modern age. But as he is drawn into a series of dreamlike and sometimes savage encounters - accompanied by, among others, Mozart, Goethe and the bewitching Hermione - the misanthropic Haller discovers a higher truth, and the possibility of happiness. This haunting portrayal of a man who feels he is half-human and half-wolf became a counterculture classic for a disaffected generation. Yet it is also a story of redemption, and an intricately-structured modernist masterpiece. This is the first new translation of Steppenwolf for over eighty years, returning to the fresh, authentic language of Hesse's original. Zusammenfassung A modernist work of profound wisdom that continues to enthral readers with its subtle blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, the Penguin Modern Classics edition of Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf is revised by Walter Sorell from the original translation by Basil Creighton. At first sight Harry Haller seems a respectable, educated man. In reality he is the Steppenwolf: wild, strange, alienated from society and repulsed by the modern age. But as he is drawn into a series of dreamlike and sometimes savage encounters - accompanied by, among others, Mozart, Goethe and the bewitching Hermione - the misanthropic Haller discovers a higher truth, and the possibility of happiness. This blistering portrayal of a man who feels himself to be half-human and half-wolf was the bible of the 1960s counterculture, capturing the mood of a disaffected generation, and remains a haunting story of estrangement and redemption. Herman Hesse (1877 - 1962) suffered from depression and weathered series of personal crises which led him to undergo psychoanalysis with J. B. Lang; a process which resulted in Demian (1919), a novel whose main character is torn between the orderliness of bourgeois existence and the turbulent and enticing world of sensual experience. This dichotomy is prominent in Hesse's subsequent novels, including Siddhartha (1922), Steppenwolf (1927), Narcissus and Goldmund (1930) and his magnum opus, The Glass Bead Game (1943). Hesse was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. If you enjoyed Steppenwolf , you might like Hesse's Siddhartha , also available in Penguin Classics. 'A savage indictment of bourgeois society ... the gripping and fascinating story of disease in a man's soul' The New York Times ...

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The gripping and fascinating story of disease in a man's soul The New York Times

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Authors Hermann Hesse, David Horrocks
Assisted by David Horrocks (Translation)
Publisher Penguin Books Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 30.04.2012
 
EAN 9780141192093
ISBN 978-0-14-119209-3
No. of pages 272
Dimensions 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
Series Penguin Classics
Penguin Modern Classics Paperbacks
Penguin Modern Classics
Penguin Modern Classics
Penguin Classics
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Psychological, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Interior life, Magical Realism

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