Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Hermann Hesse
• Title: Steppenwolf
• Publisher: ‎ Picador (2002)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Trade Paperback – 218 pages‏
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0312278675
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0312278670
• Item Weight: ‎ .65 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 5.45 x 0.55 x 8.2 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good
• Cover Condition: Very Good

Synopsis:

With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesse's best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literature's most poetic evocations of the soul's journey to liberation.

Harry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconcile the wild primeval wolf and the rational man within himself without surrendering to the bourgeois values he despises. His life changes dramatically when he meets a woman who is his opposite, the carefree and elusive Hermine. The tale of the Steppenwolf culminates in the surreal Magic Theater―For Madmen Only!

Originally published in English in 1929, Steppenwolf 's wisdom continues to speak to our souls and marks it as a classic of modern literature.

About the Author:

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) was born in Germany 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. In 1946, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature for The Glass Bead Game.