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Steppenwolf. Hermann Hesse (Essential Penguin)
Hermann Hesse
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Description for Steppenwolf. Hermann Hesse (Essential Penguin)
Paperback. Alienated from society, Harry Haller is the Steppenwolf, wild, strange and shy. His despair and desire for death draw him into an enchanted, Faust-like underworld. Through a series of shadowy encounters, romantic, freakish and savage by turn, Haller begins to rediscover the lost dreams of his youth. Translator(s): Creighton, Basil. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 17. Weight in Grams: 146.
'The unhappiness that I need and long for . . . is of the kind that will let me suffer with eagerness and die with lust. That is the unhappiness, or happiness, that I am waiting for.' Alienated from society, Harry Haller is the Steppenwolf, wild, strange and shy. His despair and desire for death draw him into an enchanted, Faust-like underworld. Through a series of shadowy encounters, romantic, freakish and savage by turn, Haller begins to rediscover the lost dreams of his youth. Adopted by the Sixties counterculture, Steppenwolf captured the mood of ... Read more
'The unhappiness that I need and long for . . . is of the kind that will let me suffer with eagerness and die with lust. That is the unhappiness, or happiness, that I am waiting for.' Alienated from society, Harry Haller is the Steppenwolf, wild, strange and shy. His despair and desire for death draw him into an enchanted, Faust-like underworld. Through a series of shadowy encounters, romantic, freakish and savage by turn, Haller begins to rediscover the lost dreams of his youth. Adopted by the Sixties counterculture, Steppenwolf captured the mood of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Series
Penguin Essentials
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241951521
SKU
9780241951521
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About Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse was born in Calw, Germany, in 1877. After a short period at a seminary he moved to Switzerland to work as a bookseller. From 1904 he devoted himself to writing, establishing his reputation with a series of romantic novels. During the First World War he worked for the Red Cross. His later novels - Siddartha (1922), Steppenwolf (1927), ... Read more
Reviews for Steppenwolf. Hermann Hesse (Essential Penguin)
A profoundly memorable and affecting novel
New York Times
Existential masterpiece
The Times
The gripping and fascinating story of disease in a man's soul, and a savage indictment of bourgeois society
New York Times
New York Times
Existential masterpiece
The Times
The gripping and fascinating story of disease in a man's soul, and a savage indictment of bourgeois society
New York Times