Stories of Five Decades
01.2013 г. · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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A Literary Titan's Evolution: Tracing Hermann Hesse's Development Through Rare and Captivating Short Stories
This collection of twenty-three stories (twenty available in English for the first time) spans nearly half a century of Stories of Five Decades, offering a rare glimpse into the literary evolution of Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse. Arranged chronologically from 1899 to 1948, these tales showcase Hesse's journey from youthful aestheticism through the realism and surrealism of his middle years, culminating in the classicism of his later works.
Readers familiar with Hesse's major novels of the 1920s and 1930s will delight in discovering the author in a variety of new incarnations. Yet, throughout these transformations, Hesse remains faithful to his essential self, consistently rejecting external reality in favor of an inner world born of imagination.
At the heart of each story lie Hesse's own secret dreams and bitter anguish, inviting readers to explore the depths of the human psyche. Stories of Five Decades is a testament to the enduring power of the short story form and its ability to capture the full range of an author's literary artistry.
This collection of twenty-three stories (twenty available in English for the first time) spans nearly half a century of Stories of Five Decades, offering a rare glimpse into the literary evolution of Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse. Arranged chronologically from 1899 to 1948, these tales showcase Hesse's journey from youthful aestheticism through the realism and surrealism of his middle years, culminating in the classicism of his later works.
Readers familiar with Hesse's major novels of the 1920s and 1930s will delight in discovering the author in a variety of new incarnations. Yet, throughout these transformations, Hesse remains faithful to his essential self, consistently rejecting external reality in favor of an inner world born of imagination.
At the heart of each story lie Hesse's own secret dreams and bitter anguish, inviting readers to explore the depths of the human psyche. Stories of Five Decades is a testament to the enduring power of the short story form and its ability to capture the full range of an author's literary artistry.
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Hermann Hesse was born in Germany in 1877 and later became a citizen of Switzerland. As a Western man profoundly affected by the mysticism of Eastern thought, he wrote many novels, stories, and essays that bear a vital spiritual force that has captured the imagination and loyalty of many generations of readers. His works include Beneath the Wheel, Narcissus and Goldmund, and The Glass Bead Game. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. Hermann Hesse died in 1962.
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