Peter Camenzind: A Novel - Softcover

Hesse, Hermann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374507848 ISBN 13: 9780374507848

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988

Synopsis

Peter Camenzind, a young man from a Swiss mountain village, leaves his home and eagerly takes to the road in search of new experience. Traveling through Italy and France, Camenzind is increasingly disillusioned by the suffering he finds around him; after failed romances and a tragic friendship, his idealism fades into crushing hopelessness. He finds peace again only when he cares for Boppi, an invalid who renews Camenzind’s love for humanity and inspires him once again to find joy in the smallest details of everyday life.

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 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 Steppenwolf, Narcissus and Goldmund, and The Glass Bead Game. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. Hermann Hesse died in 1962.

Review:

“Moving and profound. Hesse is a writer of suggestion, of nuance, of spiritual intimation.”—The Christian Science Monitor

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0374507848
• ISBN 13: 9780374507848
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208