Gertrude

Informationen zum Autor Herman Hesse (1877-1962) was a German-born novelist whose works explore the search for self-knowledge and spirituality. His best-known titles include Demian, Steppenwolf, The Glass Bead Game, Journey to the East and Siddhartha. In 1946, he was awarded the Nobel prize in literature. Klappentext With Gertrude , Herman Hesse continues his lifelong exploration of the irreconcilable elements of human existence. In this fictional memoir, the renowned composer Kuhn recounts his tangled relationships with two artists--his friend Heinrich Muoth, a brooding, self-destructive opera singer, and the gentle, self-assured Gertrude Imthor. Kuhn is drawn to Gertrude upon their first meeting, but Gertrude falls in love with Heinrich, to whom she is introduced when Kuhn auditions them for the leads in his new opera. Hopelessly ill-matched, Gertrude and Heinrich have a disastrous marriage that leaves them both ruined. Yet this tragic affair also becomes the inspiration for Kuhn's opera, the most important success of his artistic life.

Product details

• Authors: Hesse Hermann, Hermann Hesse
• Assisted by: Hilda Rosner (Translation)
• Publisher: Picador Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2005
• EAN: 9780312424633
• ISBN: 978-0-312-42463-3
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 18 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature