NARCISSUS/GOLDMUND - Softcover

Hesse, Hermann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553244132 ISBN 13: 9780553244137

Publisher: Bantam, 1984

Synopsis

This is a new translation of Hesse''s hauntin g story of flesh and the spirit. Deeply moving and richly po etic, this brilliant fusion of concepts is astonishing in it s simplicity and power. '

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Review

" A poetic novel unique in its fascination." -- Thomas Mann
" Hesse was a great writer in precisely the modern sense: complex, subtle, allusive; alive to the importance of play, to the desperate yet frolicsome game of writing....Narcissus and Goldmund is his very best....What makes this short book so limitlessly vast is the body-and-soul-shaking debate that runs through it, which it has the honesty and courage not to resolve: between the flesh and spirit, art and scientific or religious speculation, action and contemplation, between the wayfaring and the sedentary in us." -- "The New York Times Book Review"
" One of the most profound and magical novels published in our age." -- "Kirkus Reviews"
“A poetic novel unique in its fascination.” —Thomas Mann
“Hesse was a great writer in precisely the modern sense: complex, subtle, allusive; alive to the importance of play, to the desperate yet frolicsome game of writing....Narcissus and Goldmund is his very best....What makes this short book so limitlessly vast is the body-and-soul-shaking debate that runs through it, which it has the honesty and courage not to resolve: between the flesh and spirit, art and scientific or religious speculation, action and contemplation, between the wayfaring and the sedentary in us.” —"The New York Times Book Review"
“One of the most profound and magical novels published in our age.” —"Kirkus Reviews"
"A poetic novel unique in its fascination." --Thomas Mann
"Hesse was a great writer in precisely the modern sense: complex, subtle, allusive; alive to the importance of play, to the desperate yet frolicsome game of writing....Narcissus and Goldmund is his very best....What makes this short book so limitlessly vast is the body-and-soul-shaking debate that runs through it, which it has the honesty and courage not to resolve: between the flesh and spirit, art and scientific or religious speculation, action and contemplation, between the wayfaring and the sedentary in us." --"The New York Times Book Review"
"One of the most profound and magical novels published in our age." --"Kirkus Reviews"

A poetic novel unique in its fascination. "Thomas Mann"

Hesse was a great writer in precisely the modern sense: complex, subtle, allusive; alive to the importance of play, to the desperate yet frolicsome game of writing....Narcissus and Goldmund is his very best....What makes this short book so limitlessly vast is the body-and-soul-shaking debate that runs through it, which it has the honesty and courage not to resolve: between the flesh and spirit, art and scientific or religious speculation, action and contemplation, between the wayfaring and the sedentary in us. "The New York Times Book Review"

One of the most profound and magical novels published in our age. "Kirkus Reviews""

"A poetic novel unique in its fascination." --Thomas Mann

"Hesse was a great writer in precisely the modern sense: complex, subtle, allusive; alive to the importance of play, to the desperate yet frolicsome game of writing....Narcissus and Goldmund is his very best....What makes this short book so limitlessly vast is the body-and-soul-shaking debate that runs through it, which it has the honesty and courage not to resolve: between the flesh and spirit, art and scientific or religious speculation, action and contemplation, between the wayfaring and the sedentary in us." --The New York Times Book Review

"One of the most profound and magical novels published in our age." --Kirkus Reviews

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0553244132
• ISBN 13: 9780553244137
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback