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All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque

ISBN 0449213943 (0-449-21394-3)
Softcover, Fawcett Books

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Considered by many the greatest war novel of all time, All Quiet on the Western Front is Erich Maria Remarques masterpiece of the German experience during World War I.

I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. . . .

This is the testament of Paul Bäumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army during World War I. They become soldiers with youthful enthusiasm. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught breaks in pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches.

Through years of vivid horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principle of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against one another . . . if only he can come out of the war alive.

The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.The New York Times Book Review [via]
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Bam Bam Bam
by Eve Merriam, Dan Yaccarino

ISBN 080505796X (0-8050-5796-X)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry

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An exuberant celebration of construction and the noise and confusion that accompany it.
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Cliffsnotes All Quiet on the Western Front
by Susan Van Kirk

ISBN 0764586718 (0-7645-8671-8)
Softcover, Cliff Notes

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The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.
In CliffsNotes on All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque takes you inside the gruesome realities of World War I through the eyes of Paul Baumer, a sensitive teenager and typical infantryman in the German army.
This study guide will help you begin to consider how Remarque's views on war might relate to modern-day conflicts. You'll also gain insight into the life and cultural background of the author. Other features that help you study include
Character analyses of major players
A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
Critical essays
A review section that tests your knowledge
A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites
Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
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Das Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines Morders
by Patrick Suskind

ISBN 3257016786 (3-257-01678-6)
Hardcover, Diogenes

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An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion-his sense of smell-leads to murder. In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift-an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille's genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and frest-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the "ultimate perfume"-the scent of a beautiful young virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brillance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity. [via]
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Der Prozess
by Franz Kafka

ISBN 0435385011 (0-435-38501-1)
Softcover, Heinemann

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El Lobo Estepario
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 9681500954 (968-15-0095-4)
Softcover, Editores Mexicanos Unidos-Mex

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Student edition, Nobel prize winner 1947 [via]
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El Perfume
by Patrick Suskind

ISBN 8432215244 (84-322-1524-4)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp

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A thriller, unique in its genre: a perfume maker in 18th-century Paris turns out to be an obsessive killer looking for the ultimate fragrance. [via]
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El Proceso / the Process
by Franz Kafka

ISBN 8437608562 (84-376-0856-2)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones

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This brilliant writer knew how to create a nightmare world where things happen without any explanation, where the characters fight against a fate which they doÂ´nt understand, where there are effects without any apparent cause and where all happens without any explanation, but even so, it is impossible to escape from the fascination of the plot.. [via]
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Im Westen Nichts Neues
by Erich Maria Remarque

ISBN 3462027212 (3-462-02721-2)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books

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Will man den Wehrdienst verweigern und Zivildienst ableisten, dann sollte man in der Gewissensprüfung darlegen können, warum man sich denn keinen Dienst an der Waffe vorstellen kann. Und mehr als einmal dürfte dann als Begründung die Lektüre von Erich Maria Remarques Im Westen nicht Neues folgen.
Dieser Roman schildert aufs Eindringlichste die schauerlichen Erlebnisse des Soldaten Paul Bäumer an der Westfront des Ersten Weltkrieges, wo sich Deutsche und Alliierte in einem grausamen Grabenkrieg gegenüberstanden. Aber eigentlich sind Schauplatz und Zeit bedeutungslos, beherrschend ist das sinnlose Töten und die zu reinem Menschenmaterial degradierten Soldaten, die schon lange den Glauben an den "gerechten Krieg" aufgegeben haben. Hier ist kein Platz für klischeehaft mutige Helden, Verlierer sind sie letztlich alle, die da im Schlamm der Schützengräben liegen.
So mancher Leser wird nach diesem Roman seine Meinung zu Krieg und Militärdienst geändert haben. Wer heute noch glaubt, Krieg könne eine heldenhafte Sache sein, der kennt das Buch wahrscheinlich nicht und sollte einmal einen Blick hinein werfen. Danach ist er entweder eines besseren belehrt oder scheinbar schon völlig abgestumpft. --Joachim Hohwieler [via]
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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
by Franz Kafka, Donna Freed, Jason Baker

ISBN 1593080298 (1-59308-029-8)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories, by Franz Kafka, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.

Virtually unknown during his lifetime, Franz Kafka is now one of the worlds most widely read and discussed authors. His nightmarish novels and short stories have come to symbolize modern mans anxiety and alienation in a bizarre, hostile, and dehumanized world. This vision is most fully realized in Kafkas masterpiece, The Metamorphosis, a story that is both harrowing and amusing, and a landmark of modern literature.

Bringing together some of Kafkas finest work, this collection demonstrates the richness and variety of the authors artistry. The Judgment, which Kafka considered to be his decisive breakthrough, and The Stoker, which became the first chapter of his novel Amerika, are here included. These two, along with The Metamorphosis, form a suite of stories Kafka referred to as The Sons, and they collectively present a devastating portrait of the modern family.

Also included are In the Penal Colony, a story of a torture machine and its operators and victims, and A Hunger Artist, about the absurdity of an artist trying to communicate with a misunderstanding public. Kafkas lucid, succinct writing chronicles the labyrinthine complexities, the futility-laden horror, and the stifling oppressiveness that permeate his vision of modern life.

Jason Baker is a writer of short stories living in Brooklyn, New York.

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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories/the Great Short Works of Franz Kafka
by Franz Kafka, Joachim Neugroschel

ISBN 0684194260 (0-684-19426-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster

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A new translation of the Kafka classics, The Metamorphosis, The Judgment, The Stoker, and others, preserves the humor and quirks of Kafka's original style, while injecting a freshness intended to appeal to modern readers. [via]
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The Metamorphosis, in the Penal Colony, and Other Stories
by Franz Kafka, Joachim Neugroschel

ISBN 0684800705 (0-684-80070-5)
Softcover, Touchstone Books

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This collection brings together the stories that Kafka allowed to be published during his lifetime. To Max Brod, his literary executor, he wrote: Of all my writings the only books that can stand are these.
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The Neverending Story
by Michael Ende

ISBN 0140074317 (0-14-007431-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Shy, awkward Bastian is amazed to discover that he has become a character in the mysterious book he is reading and that he has an important mission to fulfill. [via]
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Suskind

ISBN 1557360200 (1-55736-020-0)
Hardcover, ABC-CLIO

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An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passionhis sense of smellleads to murder.

In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift-an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille's genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and frest-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the "ultimate perfume"the scent of a beautiful young virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brillance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity.

Translated from the German by John E. Woods. [via]
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Siddharta
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 9872074828 (987-20748-2-8)
Softcover, LA Marca Editura

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Spanish Edition SIDDHARTA by Herman Hesse 2002 Softcover 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches 94 pages Arenal publishers [via]
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Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 1404331972 (1-4043-3197-2)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com

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Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - In the shade of the house, in the sunshine of the riverbank near the boats, in the shade of the Sal-wood forest, in the shade of the fig tree is where Siddhartha grew up, the handsome son of the Brahman, the young falcon, together with his friend Govinda, son of a Brahman. The sun tanned his light shoulders by the banks of the river when bathing, performing the sacred ablutions, the sacred offerings. In the mango grove, shade poured into his black eyes, when playing as a boy, when his mother sang, when the sacred offerings were made, when his father, the scholar, taught him, when the wise men talked. For a long time, Siddhartha had been partaking in the discussions of the wise men, practising debate with Govinda, practising with Govinda the art of reflection, the service of meditation. He already knew how to speak the Om silently, the word of words, to speak it silently into himself while inhaling, to speak it silently out of himself while exhaling, with all the concentration of his soul, the forehead surrounded by the glow of the clear-thinking spirit. He already knew to feel Atman in the depths of his being, indestructible, one with the universe. [via]
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Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 0848810503 (0-8488-1050-3)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd

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Harry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconcile the wild primeval wolf and the rational man within himself without surrendering to the bourgeois values he despises. His life changes dramatically when he meerts a woman who is his opposite, the carefree and elusive Hermine. The tale of the Steppenwolf culminates in the surreal Magic Theaterfor mad men only.

Steppenwolf is Hesses best-known and most autobiographical work. With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, it is one of literatures most poetic evocations of the souls journey to liberation. Originally published in English in 1929, the novels wisdom continues to speak to our souls and marks it as a classic of modern literature.
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The Transformation and Other Stories
by Franz Kafka, Malcolm Pasley

ISBN 0140184783 (0-14-018478-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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A companion volume to The Great Wall of China and Other Short Works, these new translations bring together the small proportion of Kafka's works that he thought worthy of publication. This volume contains his most famous story. The Transformation, more popularly known as Metamorphosis. Other works include Meditation, a collection of his earlier studies; The Judgement, written in a single night of frenzied creativity; The Stoker, the first chapter of a novel set in America; and A Fasting Artist, a collection of stories written towards the end of Kafka's life. There is also a fascinating occasional piece, The Aeroplanes at Brescia, Kafka's eye-witness account of an air display in 1909. Taken together, these stories reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought.

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The Trial
by Franz Kafka, Douglas Scott, Christopher Waller, J. P. Stern

ISBN 033024468X (0-330-24468-X)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan

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The story of The Trial's publication is almost as fascinating as the novel itself. Kafka intended his parable of alienation in a mysterious bureaucracy to be burned, along with the rest of his diaries and manuscripts, after his death in 1924. Yet his friend Max Brod pressed forward to prepare The Trial and the rest of his papers for publication. When the Nazis came to power, publication of Jewish writers such as Kafka was forbidden; Kafka's writings, many of which have distinctively Jewish themes, did not find a broad audience until after World War II. (Hannah Arendt once observed that although "during his lifetime he could not make a decent living, [Kafka] will now keep generations of intellectuals both gainfully employed and well-fed.") Among the current crop of Kafka heirs is Breon Mitchell, the translator of this edition of The Trial. Rather than tidying up Kafka's unconventional grammar and punctuation (as previous translators have done), Mitchell captures the loose, uneasy, even uncomfortable constructions of Kafka's original story. His translation technique is the only way to convey the comedy and confusion of this narrative, in which Josef K., "without having done anything truly wrong," is arrested, tried, convicted and executed--on a charge that is never disclosed to him. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Trial ; Metamorphosis ; In the Penal Colony: Three Theatre Adaptations from Franz Kafka
by Franz Kafka, Steven Berkoff

ISBN 090639984X (0-906399-84-X)
Hardcover, Amber Lane Press

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LA Historia Interminable
by Michael Ende, Miguel Saenz

ISBN 9681902548 (968-19-0254-8)
Softcover, Aguilar

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Small Bastian is nobody's idea of a hero; but in an ancient, mysterious book, he discovers an enchanted world only he can save. It begins as a "will-o'-the-wisp" goes to ask the Childlike Empress for help against the Nothing, which is spreading all over. The Empress is ill, which may be the cause of the Nothing. She then reveals that the only thing that can save Fantastica is a human child, who must give her a new name to restart the cycle of life. Thus, Bastian re-names the Empress 'Moon Child'; and helps re-build Fantastica with his imagination. Description in Spanish: El Reino de la Fantasia esta en un serio peligro: pronto va a desaparecer sin que sus habitantes puedan evitarlo. Solo hay un ser que podria ayudarles. Un nino llamado Bastian. Un nino que habita al otro lado, en la realidad. Lanzandose a una mravillosa aventura que cambiara para siempre su vida y la de sus peculiares companeros de fatigas -el valiente guerrero Atreyu y un dragon de la suerte volador-, Bastian y todo aquel que quiera acompanarle comprenderan que el destino de todos los seres esta unido y que si fantasia se extingue con ella se ira toda la inocencia del mundo, todas las esperanzas, suenos e ilusiones. [via]
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La Historia Interminable/ Neverending Story
by Michael Ende, Roswitha Quadfleig

ISBN 8420432261 (84-204-3226-1)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc

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Small Bastian is nobody's idea of a hero; but in an ancient, mysterious book, he discovers an enchanted world only he can save. It begins as a "will-o'-the-wisp" goes to ask the Childlike Empress for help against the Nothing, which is spreading all over. The Empress is ill, which may be the cause of the Nothing. She then reveals that the only thing that can save Fantastica is a human child, who must give her a new name to restart the cycle of life. Thus, Bastian re-names the Empress 'Moon Child'; and helps re-build Fantastica with his imagination. Description in Spanish: El Reino de la Fantasia esta en un serio peligro: pronto va a desaparecer sin que sus habitantes puedan evitarlo. Solo hay un ser que podria ayudarles. Un nino llamado Bastian. Un nino que habita al otro lado, en la realidad. Lanzandose a una mravillosa aventura que cambiara para siempre su vida y la de sus peculiares companeros de fatigas -el valiente guerrero Atreyu y un dragon de la suerte volador-, Bastian y todo aquel que quiera acompanarle comprenderan que el destino de todos los seres esta unido y que si fantasia se extingue con ella se ira toda la inocencia del mundo, todas las esperanzas, suenos e ilusiones. [via]
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El Lobo Estepario
by Hermann Hesse, Manuel Manzanares

ISBN 8420633410 (84-206-3341-0)
Hardcover, Alianza Editorial, S. A.

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Student edition, Nobel prize winner 1947 [via]
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La metamorfosis y otros relatos / Metamorphosis and Other Stories
by Franz Kafka

ISBN 8437605628 (84-376-0562-8)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones

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Franz Kafka es, sin duda, uno de los escritores clasicos de la literatura moderna. Su relacion con la literatura transcurrio en un triple aislamiento: el geografico, por la ciudad en la que vivio; el de la lengua, la alemana, estancada en Praga; y el de la marginacion por su condicion de judio. La dificil relacion con su padre marco, ademas, toda su vida. La presente seleccion de relatos coincide con el grupo que el mismo autor juzgo dignos de ser publicados. [via]
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El Perfume/ the Perfum: Historia De Un Asesiono
by Patrick Suskind, Pilar Giralt Gorina

ISBN 8432228036 (84-322-2803-6)
Hardcover, Seix Barral

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El Proceso / the Trial
by Franz Kafka

ISBN 8495311313 (84-95311-31-3)
Softcover, Jorge a Mestas Ediciones

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This brilliant writer knew how to create a nightmare world where things happen without any explanation, where the characters fight against a fate which they do´nt understand, where there are effects without any apparent cause and where all happens without any explanation, but even so, it is impossible to escape from the fascination of the plot.. [via]
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Siddharta
by Hermann Hesse, Carmen Grossi

ISBN 9681501225 (968-15-0122-5)
Softcover, Editores Mexicanos Unidos-Mex

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Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 1400001293 (1-4000-0129-3)
Softcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.

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In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life -- the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace, and, finally, wisdom. [via]
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Hermann Hesse Romane

ISBN 3150088127 (3-15-008812-7)
Hardcover, P. Reclam

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Parfum
by Patrick Suskind

ISBN 3257228007 (3-257-22800-7)
Softcover, Diogenes Verlag AG

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Like New!!! [via]
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Der Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 3518366750 (3-518-36675-0)
Softcover, Suhrkamp Verlag

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Als Der Steppenwolf vor siebzig Jahren erschien, wurde er von vielen angegriffen, von anderen begeistert aufgenommen. Vierzig Jahre später, in den bewegten sechziger Jahren, wurde er zum Kultbuch einer Generation. Und auch heute, auf der Schwelle zum neuen Jahrtausend, begeistert er junge Leser, die in Harry Haller den Seelenverwandten erkennen.
Harry Haller, der Steppenwolf, leidet an seiner Zerissenheit, empfindet halb als Mensch, halb als Wolf. Er sehnt sich nach Zugehörigkeit, nach Harmonie und Liebe, will aber auch unabhängig und frei sein und verabscheut alles Normale. Dieser Zwiespalt führt ihn immer tiefer in eine existenzielle Krise, in der er Selbstmord als einzigen Ausweg sieht. Doch Hermine, eine Prostituierte, und das Magische Theater helfen ihm, sich selbst zu erkennen und das Leben leichter zu nehmen.
Der Steppenwolf ist so vielschichtig, daß man immer wieder neue Aspekte entdecken kann. Als ich ihn vor zwanzig Jahren kennenlernte, stand für mich die Einsamkeit und die Ablehnung der verlogenen Bürgerlichkeit im Vordergrund. Das Lebensgefühl des Unverstandenen, der seine Ideale lebt, war mir vertraut. Dem seichten Alltag die extremen Gefühle vorzuziehen, schien auch mir erstrebenswert. Nicht lauwarm, sondern heiß und kalt. Damit spricht Hesse noch immer die Jugend an.
Heute lese und verstehe ich ihn anders. Der Mensch, der sich das Leben so schwer macht, tut mir leid, weil er nicht merkt, daß er ebenso borniert ist wie die, von denen er sich unterscheiden will. Er nimmt sich selbst zu ernst, rennt Idealen von Schönheit und Menschlichkeit hinterher und verachtet dabei die Menschen. Erst im Magischen Theater werden ihm die Augen geöffnet.
Der Steppenwolf ist in Hesses Leben und Werk ein Wendepunkt. Eine langjährige Krise kommt zum Höhepunkt und wird überwunden -- durch das Lachen über sich selbst. Für mich ist an diesem Roman faszinierend, daß er "mitwächst" und mir auch nach zwanzig Jahren noch etwas zu sagen hat. Der Steppenwolf ist siebzig Jahre alt und noch immer jung. --Roswitha Schmaltz [via]
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Die Unendliche Geschichte: Von A Bis Z
by Michael Ende, Roswitha Quadflieg

ISBN 3522128001 (3-522-12800-1)
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