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Hesse, Hermann/ Roloff, Michael (Translator)/ Roloff, Michael
Language: English
Published by Picador USA, 2003
- Softcover
- New
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- Title
- Beneath the Wheel
- Author
- Hesse, Hermann/ Roloff, Michael (Translator)/ Roloff, Michael
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 031242230X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312422301
- Item weight
- 0.18 kilograms
In Hermann Hesse's Beneath the Wheel, Hans Giebernath lives among the dull and respectable townsfolk of a sleepy Black Forest village. When he is discovered to be an exceptionally gifted student, the entire community presses him onto a path of serious scholarship. Hans dutifully follows the regimen of study and endless examinations, his success rewarded only with more crushing assignments. When Hans befriends a rebellious young poet, he begins to imagine other possibilities outside the narrowly circumscribed world of the academy. Finally sent home after a nervous breakdown, Hans is revived by nature and romance, and vows never to return to the gray conformity of the academic system.
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About the Author
Michael Roloff contributed to Peter Camenzind from Picador.
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