Magister Ludi: The Glass Bead Game
Author: Hermann Hesse
Sorry we couldn’t find a book description. Please use the goodreads and/or amazon links on the book page to read more…..Read More
15 Books Similar to Magister Ludi: The Glass Bead Game
Demian
Wie alle Hauptwerke Hermann Hesses hat auch der Demian, den der damals 40jährige Autor mitten im Ersten Weltkrieg schrieb, eine ebenso ungewöhnliche wie spannende Entstehungs- und Wirkungsgeschichte. Daß dieses im… Continue Reading Posted in: Classic Literary Fiction, Fiction In German, Psychological Fiction, Translations Into English, Translations Into Esperanto
Narcissus and Goldmund
Hermann Hesse's 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… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, German, Religious Mysteries, Religious Romance, Short Stories
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf is a poetical self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf. This Faust-like and magical story is evidence of Hesse's searching philosophy and extraordinary sense… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Germany, Translations From German, Translations Into English
Siddhartha
In the shade of a banyan tree, a grizzled ferryman sits listening to the river. Some say he's a sage. He was once a wandering shramana and, briefly, like thousands… Continue Reading Posted in: Classic Literature & Fiction, India, Literary Criticism & Theory, Religious Fiction, Spiritual Life
Hunger
A novel by the 1920 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Written after Hamsun's return from an ill-fated tour of America, Hunger is loosely based on the author's own… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Piano [2], Translations From Norwegian, Translations Into Yiddish, Voice(Medium)
Beneath the Wheel
Hans Giebernath lives among the dull and respectable townsfolk of a sleepy Black Forest village. When he is discovered to be an exceptionally gifted student, the entire community presses him… Continue Reading Posted in: Classic Coming of Age Fiction, Classic Literary Fiction, Fiction
Peter Camenzind
Peter Camenzind, a young man from a Swiss mountain village, leaves his home and eagerly takes to the road in search of new experience. Traveling through Italy and France, Camenzind… Continue Reading Posted in: Authors, Bibliography, Festschrift, German eBooks
Motion To Dismiss
Scrupulous San Francisco defense attorney Kali O'Brien knows how to play the odds in a system where reality can be shaded. Despite a passion for justice that doesn't allow for… Continue Reading Posted in: Mystery, Thriller
The Castle
The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home.… Continue Reading Posted in: Absurdist Fiction, Alienation (Philosophy), Austrian, Legal Thrillers, Novelists, Translations Into English
Foucault’s Pendulum
Three book editors, jaded by reading far too many crackpot manuscripts on the mystic and the occult, are inspired by an extraordinary conspiracy story told to them by a strange… Continue Reading Posted in: Literary Satire Fiction, Metaphysical Fiction, Occult Fiction, Vodou, Voodooism
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.