Wishlist
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Excerpt
A story that focuses on the loneliness and suffering of the protagonist, Harry Haller, who feels that he has no place in a world filled with meaningless frivolity. Having decided to take his own life a chance encounter causes him to change his views and he begins to learn ways to enjoy life. One of the most misunderstood of his novels the book is, according to Hesse, about the possibilities of transcendence and healing.
Literary origin
Country whose literature this title belongs to, based on author tradition —not necessarily where the story is set.
Germany
Topics from Open Library
Subjects
- Fiction
- Life
- Western Civilization
- Psychological fiction
- Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)
- German fiction
- Western civilization in fiction
- Translations into Russian
- Life in fiction
- Ficción
Times & places
- Early 20th century
- 1920's
- 1920-1928
- 20th century