- Paperback: 253 pages
- Publisher: Peter Owen Ltd; New edition edition (1 Jan 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0720611024
- ISBN-13: 978-0720611021
- Product Dimensions: 18.2 x 12.2 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 667,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a new translation of Hesse''s haunting story of flesh and the spirit. Deeply moving and richly poetic, this brilliant fusion of concepts is astonishing in its simplicity and power.'
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Hesse's finest ?,
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This review is from: Narcissus and Goldmund (Peter Owen Modern Classic) (Paperback)
A popular them of Hesse is to present a philosophical dilemma in the form a novel where the reader subtly finds himself being drawn into the role of judge and jury. This is my opinion is the finest example of Hesse's work and the most enjoyable and readable too. The story centres around the two main characters of the title and their friendship - Narcissus, pursuing a spiritual,intellectual and abstemious life in a monastary and Goldmund, pursuing a life of freedom, emotion and sensuality. Inevitably the paths of their life diverge, however their differences also behave like the forces of a magnet drawing them back together again. The story is simple, eloquent, absorbing and very touching.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Truly great,
By jlchurch@callnetuk.com (Slough, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Narcissus and Goldmund (Peter Owen Modern Classic) (Paperback)
You can see this as an exploration of the conflict of choices between two ways of living represented by two separate men which are later condensed into an individual character in the 'Glass Bead Game' (GTB). Or you can, provided you get to page 30, read it as almost a racy historical novel. It (mostly) explores the life of a relatively shiftless, though not always his fault, man in the turmoil of plague-ridden Europe. But it's so, so much more. Read this then begin to comprehend GTB, then life, religion, purpose... . And it's an ace read.
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By Mary_10 "Mary" (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Narcissus and Goldmund (Peter Owen Modern Classic) (Paperback)
Narcissus is a teacher at Mariabronn, a monastery in medieval Germany, and Goldmund his favourite pupil. While Narcissus remains detached from the world in prayer and meditation, Goldmund runs away from the monastery in pursuit of love. Thereafter he lives a picaresque, wanderer's life, his amatory adventures resulting in pain as well as ecstacy. His eventual reunion with Narcissus brings into focus the diversity between artist and thinker, Dionysian and Apollonian.
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