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Narcissus and Goldmund

byHermann Hesse

Who is this book for? Readers interested in philosophical themes, historical settings, and character-driven narratives.

Topics FriendshipIdentitySurvival
MoodReflective, Melancholic
RomanceMinor Subplot
Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes
'One of his masterpieces . . . without doubt a great novel' Guardian 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 struggling, with equal difficulty, to lead a life of spiritual denial. An superb feat of imagination, Narcissus and Goldmund can only be compared to such films set in medieval Europe as Bergman's The Seventh Seal and Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev. It is a gripping, profound reading experience - as startling, in its different way, as Hesse's Siddhartha and Steppenwolf.

Language

en

Published on

04/06/2017

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780141984612

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