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Steppenwolf
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Steppenwolf
Alienated from society, Harry Haller is the Steppenwolf, wild, strange and shy. His despair and desire for death draw him into an enchanted, Faust-like underworld. Through a series of shadowy encounters, romantic, freakish and savage by turn, Haller begins to rediscover the lost dreams of his youth.
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The novel that became the hip bible of Sixties counterculture
'The unhappiness that I need and long for . . . is of the kind that will let me suffer with eagerness and die with lust. That is the unhappiness, or happiness, that I am waiting for.'
Alienated from society, Harry Haller is the Steppenwolf, wild, strange and shy. His despair and desire for death draw him into an enchanted, Faust-like underworld. Through a series of shadowy encounters, romantic, freakish and savage by turn, Haller begins to rediscover the lost dreams of his youth.
Adopted by the Sixties counterculture, Steppenwolf captured the mood of a disaffected generation that was beginning to question everything.
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Steppenwolf is praised for its compelling exploration of internal conflict and critique of middle-class society, described as a gripping tale of a man's soul in turmoil. Recognised as an existential masterpiece, it leaves a lasting impression on readers with its thought-provoking and affecting narrative.
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ISBN: 9780241951521
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 April 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Contributors:
- Revised by Walter Sorell
- Translated by Basil Creighton
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 113.0mm
Height: 181.0mm
Weight: 145g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Hermann Hesse was born in Calw, Germany, in 1877. After a short period at a seminary he moved to Switzerland to work as a bookseller. From 1904 he devoted himself to writing, establishing his reputation with a series of romantic novels. During the First World War he worked for the Red Cross. His later novels - Siddartha (1922), Steppenwolf (1927), Narziss und Goldmund (1930) and Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game, 1943) - poems and critical essays established him as one of the greatest literary figures of the German-speaking world. He won many literary awards including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. Hermann Hesse died in 1962.
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