Beneath the Wheel by Hermann Hesse (Trade Paperback)
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Bibliographic Details
- Author: Hermann Hesse
- Title: Beneath the Wheel
- Publisher: The Noonday Press (1990)
- Language: English
- Format: Trade Paperback – 187 pages
- ISBN-10: 0374507481
- ISBN-13: 978-0374507480
- Item Weight: .65 pounds
- Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8 inches
- Book Condition: Used – Very Good (may show minimal markings inside front and back covers)
- Cover Condition: Very Good
Synopsis:
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.
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.
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