The Glass Bead Game

Informationen zum Autor Hermann Hesse was born in Calw, Württemburg in 1877. In 1919, as a protest against German militarism in the First World War, Hesse moved to Switzerland where he lived in self-imposed exile until his death at the age of eighty-five in 1962. His major works include Steppenwolf , Siddharta and Narcissus and Goldmund . Hesse worked on his magnum opus, The Glass Bead Game , for twelve years. This novel was specifically cited when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. Hesse died in 1962. Klappentext In the remote Kingdom of Castalia, the scholars of the Twenty Third century play the Glass Bead Game. The elaborately coded game is a fusion of all human knowledge - of maths, music, philosophy, science, and art. Intrigued as a school boy, Joseph Knecht becomes consumed with mastering the game as an adult. As Knecht fulfils his life-long quest he must contend with unexpected dilemmas and the longing for a life beyond the ivory tower. Zusammenfassung In the remote Kingdom of Castalia, the scholars of the Twenty Third century play the Glass Bead Game. The elaborately coded game is a fusion of all human knowledge - of maths, music, philosophy, science, and art. Intrigued as a school boy, Joseph Knecht becomes consumed with mastering the game as an adult.

Product details

• Authors: Hermann Hesse
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.07.2000
• EAN: 9780099283621
• ISBN: 978-0-09-928362-1
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 34 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Classic fiction: general and literary