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Demian by Hermann Hesse
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
"Hesse is a writer whose peculiar vision is worth inspecting. His world is shadowy and close to areas of the heart that will probably never see light. But his vision is a rare one, as commendable for its humane solicitude as for its strangeness and unearthly color." -- National Review An acclaimed, inf ...Show more
Demian by Hermann Hesse
$24.99 AUD
Category: Classics
Hesse's classic tells of the turmoil of Emil Sinclair, a docile young man who is drawn by his schoolmates into a secret and dangerous world of petty crime and revolt against convention.
Demian by Hermann Hesse
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Demian is a coming-of-age story that follows a young boy's maturation as he grapples with good and evil, lightness and darkness, and forges alternatives to the ever-present corruption and suffering that he sees all around him. Crucial to this development are his relationships with a series of older ment ...Show more
Knulp by Hermann Hesse
$19.00 AUD
Category: Classics
Published in Germany in 1915, Knulp is a novel written by Hermann Hesse. It was Hesse's most popular book in the years before he published Demian. The novel is split up into three separate tales which are centered on the life of the main character: Knulp. Knulp, who was once a gifted and promising youth ...Show more
Knulp by Hermann Hesse
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Category: Classics
The first tale, titled "Early Spring", follows Knulp just after he had been discharged from a hospital due to his waning health. An old friend of his, a tanner named Emil Rothfuss, shelters him while Knulp spends his days aimlessly.
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'One of his masterpieces ...without doubt a great novel' Guardian One of Hermann Hesse's greatest novels, Narcissus and Goldmund is an extraordinary recreation of the Middle Ages, contrasting the careers of two friends, one of whom shuns life in a monastery and goes on the road, tangled in the extremes ...Show more
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann HESSE
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Category: Classics | Series: Peter Owen Modern Classics S.
This book comes with a new foreword by Graham Coxon. Narcissus is a teacher at Mariabronn, a monastery in medieval Germany, and Goldmund is 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, ...Show more
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
$35.00 AUD
Category: Classics
"Narcissus and Goldmund "is the story of a passionate yet uneasy friendship between two men of opposite character. Narcissus, an ascetic instructor at a cloister school, has devoted himself solely to scholarly and spiritual pursuits. One of his students is the sensual, restless Goldmund, who is immediat ...Show more
Siddhartha by Hilda R. (TRN) Hermann; Rosner Hesse
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Category: Classics
Beautiful cased edition of this classic novel.Dissatisfied with the traditional Vedic way of life, Siddhartha, the handsome son of a Brahmin, leaves his family and his friend, Govinda, in search of a higher state of being. Having experienced the myriad forms of existence, from the wealthy and luxurious, ...Show more
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Peter Owen Cased Classics Ser.
Dissatisfied with the traditional Vedic way of life, Siddhartha, the handsome son of a Brahmin, leaves his family and his friend, Govinda, in search of a higher state of being. Having experienced the myriad forms of existence, from the wealthy and luxurious, to the pleasures of sensual and paternal love ...Show more
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Enriched Classics (Pocket)
This allegorical novel, set in sixth-century India around the time of the Buddha, follows a young man on his search for enlightenment. THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information A chronology of the author's life and work A timeli ...Show more