The Glass Bead Game - Softcover

Hermann Hesse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312278497 ISBN 13: 9780312278496

Publisher: Holt Paperbacks, 1998

Synopsis

The Glass Bead Game is an ultra-aesthetic game which is played by the scholars, creamed off in childhood and nurtured in elite schools, in the province of Castalia. The Master of the Glass Bead Game, Joseph Knecht, holds the most exalted office in Castalia. He personifies the detachment, serenity and aesthetic vision which reward a life dedicated to perfection of the intellect. But can, indeed should, man live isolated from hunger, family, children, women, in a perfect world where passions are tamed by meditation, where academic discipline and order are paramount? This is Herman Hesse’s great novel. It is a major contribution to contemporary philosophic literature and has a powerful vision of universality, the inner unity of man’s cultural ideals and his search for personal perfection and social responsibility.

About this title

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 novels, stories, and essays bearing a vital spiritual force that has captured the imagination and loyalty of many generations of readers. His works include Steppenwolf, Narcissus and Goldmund, and The Glass Bead Game. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. Hermann Hesse died in 1962.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0312278497
• ISBN 13: 9780312278496
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 558