“Truth is lived, not taught.” Introduction The Glass Bead Game (also known as Magister Ludi) is Hermann Hesse’s final and most ambitious novel. Set in a futuristic society […]
German literature
Demian
“I wanted only to try to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?” Chapter 1: Two Worlds […]
German literature
Narcissus and Goldmund
“You are an artist, and I am a thinker. You sleep at the mother’s breast; I wake in the desert.” Part One: The Monastery Narcissus, a disciplined and […]
German literature
Siddhartha
“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else… Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom.” Part One: […]
German literature
Steppenwolf
“For what I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this […]