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As a sensitive, disabled young composer, the narrator is drawn to a sensual singer named Gertrude through their mutual love of music. Gradually he becomes engulfed by an enduring and hopeless passion for her but, because of his fear of arousing sympathy instead of passion, he loses her. When Gertrude marries his friend, a famous singer, he is compelled to stand by and watch passively as their obsessive relationship disintegrates into tragedy.
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Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) was a poet, novelist, and painter whose best-known works include Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, and The Glass Bead Game, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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- PublisherPeter Owen Publishers
- Publication date1955
- ISBN 10 0720636795
- ISBN 13 9780720636796
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages208
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GERTRUDE; Translated by Hilda Rosner
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1972 Peter Owen Hardcover Edition 5th impression. Very good+ clean tight binding with laminated Pictorial boards (no dustjacket). Wonderful cover design as shown. Former owners bookplate inside as shown. Seller Inventory # ABE-1586264734485
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