The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel
by Hermann Hesse
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Author: Hermann HesseTranslator: Richard and Clara Winston
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-12-06
ISBN: 0312278497
Number of pages: 576
Publisher: Picador
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Book Review: Two worlds present in Hesse's work
Summary: 5 Stars
The Glass Bead Game should be required reading for anyone interested in the price of pursuing a "life of the mind." Bringing together all of the aspects of the aesthetic life in the growth of the main character (Knecht), the book asks the central question: shall one give up living in the world as a result? The demands of chasing wisdom while addressing the needs of day to day living pre-occupied Hesse throughout his literary life. This predominant theme of his work reaches its culmination in The Glass Bead Game. It is a novel of exrtaordinary beauty and life...few pieces have ever reached deeper into the wellsprings of what it means to be "alive in two worlds."
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