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Jun 19, 2017 · A gripping, vivid novel which brings to life Europe in the Middle Ages, in all its beauty and horror. One of Hermann Hesse's greatest novels, Narcissus and Goldmund is an extraordinary recreation of the Middle Ages, contrasting the careers of two friends, one of whom shuns life in a monastery and goes on the road, tangled in the extremes of life in a world dominated by sin, plague and war, the ...
Nov 4, 2011 · by Hermann Hesse. First published in 1930, Narcissus and Goldmund is the story of two diametrically opposite men: one, an ascetic monk firm in his religious commitment, and the other, a romantic youth hungry for worldly experience. Hesse was a great writer in precisely the modern sense: complex, subtle, allusive: alive to the importance of play.
NARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND. by Stefan Ruzowitzky. synopsis. Goldmund is to study in the monastery Mariabronn. His father sent him there. There he meets a religious monk named Narcissus. He has subjected himself to a strict life and lives completely ascetically. international title: Narcissus and Goldmund.
"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 ...
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Jun 19, 2017 · A gripping, vivid novel which brings to life Europe in the Middle Ages, in all its beauty and horror. One of Hermann Hesse's greatest novels, Narcissus and Goldmund is an extraordinary recreation of the Middle Ages, contrasting the careers of two friends, one of whom shuns life in a monastery and goes on the road, tangled in the extremes of life in a world dominated by sin, plague and war, the ...
Nov 18, 2008 · Like Narcissus and Goldmund, they had completely different agendas. One was quiet, the other brash. One hung sheepishly around the temples, the other was busy ripping down walls. Goldmund was ready to tear Narcissus apart, just as he took pleasure in tearing other people apart. But Narcissus could be at least as destructive with his soft guilty ...
Summary. One of Hermann Hesse's greatest novels, Narcissus and Goldmund is an extraordinary recreation of the Middle Ages, contrasting the careers of two friends, one of whom shuns life in a monastery and goes on the road, tangled in the extremes of life in a world dominated by sin, plague and war, the other staying in the monastery and ...
