Narcissus and Goldmund /
Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962.
Narcissus and Goldmund / Hermann Hesse ; translated by Ursule Molinaro. - New York : Bantam Books, 1971, c1968. - 312 p. ; 18 cm.
Translated from the German, Narziss und Goldmund.
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 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 honesty and courage not to resolve: between the flesh and spirit, art and scientific or religious speculation, action and contemplation.
0553275860
Teacher-student relationships--Germany--Fiction.
Narcissus and Goldmund / Hermann Hesse ; translated by Ursule Molinaro. - New York : Bantam Books, 1971, c1968. - 312 p. ; 18 cm.
Translated from the German, Narziss und Goldmund.
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 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 honesty and courage not to resolve: between the flesh and spirit, art and scientific or religious speculation, action and contemplation.
0553275860
Teacher-student relationships--Germany--Fiction.