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Dec 6, 2002 · The Glass Bead Game, for which Hesse won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, is the author's last and crowning achievement, the most imaginative and prophetic of all his novels. Setting the story in the distant postapocalyptic future, Hesse tells of an elite cult of intellectuals who play an elaborate game that uses all the cultural and ...
- Hermann Hesse
Jun 15, 2022 · The title of this novel refers to an ultra-aesthetic game played by scholars in the kingdom of Castalia around the year 2400. The game involves all branches of knowledge and spiritual values, especially those of the East Originally published: Great Britain : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970
Jan 1, 2000 · The Glass Bead Game is an ultra-aesthetic game which is played by the scholars, creamed off in childhood and nurtured in elite schools, in the province of Castalia. The Master of the Glass Bead Game, Joseph Knecht, holds the most exalted office in Castalia. He personifies the detachment, serenity and aesthetic vision which reward a life ...
- Hermann Hesse
Dec 5, 1998 · "The Glass Bead Game" reveals a distant galaxy within the Cosmos, a realm of thought adrift in the universe. Author Herman Hesse stirred this ancient mind when searching life's meaning as a newly arrived member, just entering onto the world stage, literally.
- Hermann Hesse
Jan 4, 1970 · Hesse, Hermann: The Glass Bead Game. In the German‐speaking world dur ing the early 1900's Hesse was much in vogue — outselling most of the best‐known authors of the day—as writer who ...
Dec 6, 2002 · The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature. Set in the 23rd century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society ...
May 30, 2016 · ENGLISH, NOVEL, HERMAN HESSE. Addeddate 2016-05-30 06:47:17 Coverleaf 0 Identifier MagisterLudi-TheGlassBeadGame-HermanHesse
