The Glass Bead Game

Hesse, Hermann; Ziolkowski, Theodore; Winston, Richard

ISBN 10: 0312278497 / ISBN 13: 9780312278496

Published by Picador, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Glass Bead Game
• Publisher: Picador
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312278497
• ISBN 13: 9780312278496
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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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 the Author

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) was a German poet and novelist. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. He was the author of numerous works including Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, and Demian.