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4 days ago · Hermann Hesse (born July 2, 1877, Calw, Germany—died August 9, 1962, Montagnola, Switzerland) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include Demian , Steppenwolf , Siddhartha , and The Glass Bead Game , each of which explores an individual’s search for authenticity, self-knowledge, and spirituality.
4 days ago · 5/5: A deeply spiritual novel that moved me to tears. A man discovers a place beyond words and time and sees everything as one, all at once, forever beginning and ending and held together by love. Beautiful. “When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks ...
- David
You might try Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse - I think this and the Glass Bead Game are Hesse's best but the latter is a bit long. Some other short and good ideas... Sherman Alexie: the Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian Susanna Clarke: Piranesi Mohsin Hamid: the Reluctant Fundamentalist
5 days ago · Hermann Hesse was born on July 2, 1877, in Calw, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Their birth occurred at 6:30 pm local time, corresponding to 5:36 pm UTC time. The sidereal time at the moment of birth was 12:54:55. Their birth geographical coordinates are 48° 42’ 51” North latitude and 8° 44’ 25” East longitude. Hermann Hesse passed away ...
5 days ago · Hermann Hesse (Pseudonym Emil Sinclair; 2.7.1877 Calw [Württemberg] – 9.8.1962 Montagnola [Schweiz]) gehört zu den meistgelesenen Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts. Nach einer Phase der Orientierung, darunter eine abgebrochene Mechanikerausbildung und die Lehre als Buchhändler in Tübingen 1895, arbeitet der Sohn einer Missionarsfamilie als Buchhandelsgehilfe in Basel.
4 days ago · German poets and writers included Hermann Hesse, Stefan George, Leonhard Frank, Franz Kafka and Thomas Mann, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. In architecture, Germany was the cutting edge, with Gropius and the Bauhaus school.
