Herman Hesse 14 books

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autobiographical writings essays 1-12.rtf
gertrude.rtf
if the war goes on.rtf
klingsor's last summer.rtf
pictor's metamorphoses and other fantasies.rtf
steppenwolf.rtf
the glass bead game.rtf
beneath the wheel.lit
demian.lit
peter camenzind.lit
rosshalde.lit
siddharta.lit
the journey to the east.lit
narcissus and goldmund.htm

Hermann Hesse (2 July 1877 - 9 August 1962) was a German-born poet, novelist and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best known works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game (also known as Magister Ludi).

Steppenwolf is a novel by Hermann Hesse, combining autobiographical and fantastic elements. The book in large part reflects a profound crisis in Hesse's spiritual world in the 1920s.

Siddhartha is an allegorical novel by Hermann Hesse which deals with the spiritual journey of an Indian man called Siddhartha during the time of the Buddha.
The book was written in German, in a simple, yet powerful and lyrical style. It was first published in 1922, after Hesse had spent some time in India in the 1910s. It was first published in the U.S. in 1951, and became influential during the 1960s.
"Siddhartha" means "he who has attained his goals" or "he who is victorious." The Buddha's name, before his renunciation, was Prince Siddhartha, and later Gautama Buddha. The Siddhartha in the book is not the same person as the Buddha, who in the book goes by the name "Gotama".
The novel takes place in ancient India around the time of the Buddha (6th century BC). It starts as Siddhartha, a Brahmin's son, leaves his home to join the ascetics with his companion Govinda. The two set out in the search of enlightenment. Siddhartha goes through a series of changes and realizations as he attempts to achieve this goal.

The Glass Bead Game (German: Das Glasperlenspiel) is the last work and magnum opus of the German author Hermann Hesse. Begun in 1931 and published in Switzerland in 1943, the book was mentioned in Hesse's citation for the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature.

"Glass Bead Game" is a literal translation of the German title. The title has also been translated as Magister Ludi. "Magister Ludi," Latin for "master of the game," is the name of an honorific title awarded to the book's central character. Magister Ludi can also be seen as a pun: lud is a Latin stem meaning both "game" and "school."

The Glass Bead Game takes place during the 23rd century. The setting is a fictional province of central Europe called Castalia, reserved by political decision for the life of the mind; technology and economic life are kept to a strict minimum. Hesse mentions the political violence of the 20th century in passing, but his main critique of that century is encapsulated by his dismissive name for it: the Age of the Feuilleton, an intellectually superficial and decadent period, when middle brow journalism replaced serious reading and reflection.

Castalia is home to a monastic order of intellectuals with a twofold mission: to run boarding schools for boys (the novel is thus a detailed exploration of education and the life of the mind), and to nurture and play the Glass Bead Game (see below).

The novel chronicles the life of a distinguished member of the order, Joseph Knecht (the surname translates as "servant" or "farm hand"), as narrated by a fictional historian of the order. Hence the novel is an example of a Bildungsroman. At any given time, the member of the order deemed the best Game player is honored with the title Magister Ludi.

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