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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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Beneath the Wheel
by Hermann Hesse, Michael Roloff

ISBN 031242230X (0-312-42230-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr

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In Hermann Hesse's 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 onto a path of serious scholarship. Hans dutifully follows the regimen of study and endless examinations, his success rewarded only with more crushing assignments. When Hans befriends a rebellious young poet, he begins to imagine other possibilities outside the narrowly circumscribed world of the academy. Finally sent home after a nervous breakdown, Hans is revived by nature and romance, and vows never to return to the gray conformity of the academic system.
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Demian
by Hermann Hesse, Michael Roloff, Michael Lebeck

ISBN 0060931914 (0-06-093191-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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A brilliant psychological portrait of a troubled young man's quest for self-awareness, this coming-of-age novel achieved instant critical and popular acclaim upon its 1919 publication. A landmark in the history of 20th-century literature, it reflects the author's preoccupation with the duality of human nature and the pursuit of spiritual fullfillment. Excellent new English translation. Introduction.
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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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The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse
by Hermann Hesse, Jack David Zipes

ISBN 0553377760 (0-553-37776-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

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A collection of twenty-two fairy tales by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, most translated into English for the first time, show the influence of German Romanticism, psychoanalysis, and Eastern religion on his development as an author. [via]
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Gertrude
by Hermann Hesse, Hilda Rosner

ISBN 0312424639 (0-312-42463-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr

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With Gertrude, Herman Hesse continues his life-long exploration of the irreconcilable elements of human existence. In this fictional memoir, the renowned composer Kuhn recounts his tangled relationships with two artistshis friend Heinrich Muoth, a brooding, self-destructive opera singer, and the gentle, self-assured Gertrude Imthor. Kuhn is drawn to Gertrude upon their first meeting, but Gertrude falls in love with Heinrich, to whom she is introduced when Kuhn auditions them for the leads in his new opera. Hopelessly ill-matched, Gertrude and Heinrich have a disastrous marriage that leaves them both ruined. Yet this tragic affair also becomes the inspiration for Kuhn's opera, the most important success of his artistic career.
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The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse, Richard Winston, Clara Winston

ISBN 0312278497 (0-312-27849-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr

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The Glass Bead Game, for which Hesse won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, is the authors last and crowning achievement, the most imaginative and prophetic of all his novels. Setting the story in the distant postapocalyptic future, Hesse tells of an elite cult of intellectuals who play an elaborate game that uses all the cultural and scientific knowledge of the Ages. The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature.

This edition features a Foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski that places the book in the full context of Hesses thought.
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The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi)
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 080501246X (0-8050-1246-X)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry

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The Glass Bead Game, for which Hesse won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, is the authors last and crowning achievement, the most imaginative and prophetic of all his novels. Setting the story in the distant postapocalyptic future, Hesse tells of an elite cult of intellectuals who play an elaborate game that uses all the cultural and scientific knowledge of the Ages. The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature.

This edition features a Foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski that places the book in the full context of Hesses thought.
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Hermann Hesse: Pilgrim of Crisis
by Ralph Freedman

ISBN 088064172X (0-88064-172-X)
Softcover, Fromm International Publishing Corporation

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The stormy life story of the Nobel Prize-winning writer whose novels, selling millions, captivated a generation, shaping the counter-culture's infatuation with the East and mysticism, and youth's absorption in the passion of adolescent crisis. [via]
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Hesse: A Princely German Collection
by Markus Miller

ISBN 1883124204 (1-883124-20-4)
Hardcover, Univ of Washington Pr

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Hesse: A Princely German Collection
by Penelope Hunter-Stiebel

ISBN 1883124212 (1-883124-21-2)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr

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The term "Hessian" evokes the 18th-century German soldiers engaged by the British to fight in the American War of Independence. Few outside of Germany know of the noble family that has led the state of Hesse since the 16th century and continues to this day. This publication examines the family's vast art collections and draws from unpublished letters, photographs, and documents to record a chapter of European history never before written. Photographs of the Hesse residences provide a context for the illustrations and entries for more than 200 works of art. In addition to the Darmstadt Madonna by Hals Holbein, the book illustrates outstanding examples of German baroque silver and furniture, a royal coach, a gilded throne, German Romantic paintings, Winterhalter portraits, and Jugendstil (or Art Nouveau) works from the Hesse-sponsored Darmstadt artists colony [via]
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The Hesse-mann Letters
by Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann, Pete Hamill

ISBN 0974261556 (0-9742615-5-6)
Softcover, Jorge Pinto Books Inc

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Journey to the East
by Hermann Hesse, Hilda Rosner

ISBN 0312421680 (0-312-42168-0)
Softcover, Picador USA

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In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse's Journey to the East tells of a journey both geographic and spiritual. H.H., a German choirmaster, is invited on an expedition with the League, a secret society whose members include Paul Klee, Mozart, and Albertus Magnus. The participants traverse both space and time, encountering Noahs Ark in Zurich and Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims ultimate destination is the East, the Home of the Light, where they expect to find spiritual renewal. Yet the harmony that ruled at the outset of the trip soon degenerates into open conflict. Each traveler finds the rest of the group intolerable and heads off in his own direction, with H.H. bitterly blaming the others for the failure of the journey. It is only long after the trip, while poring over records in the League archives, that H.H. discovers his own role in the dissolution of the group, and the ominous significance of the journey itself.
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Klingsor's Last Summer
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 0374181667 (0-374-18166-7)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Knulp
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 0374509875 (0-374-50987-5)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux

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Magister Ludi
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 0553262378 (0-553-26237-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books

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Narcissus and Goldmund
by Hermann Hesse, Ursule Molinaro

ISBN 0312421672 (0-312-42167-2)
Softcover, Picador USA

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Hesse's novel of two medieval men, one quietly content with his religion and monastic life, the other in fervent search of more worldly salvation. This conflict between flesh and spirit, between emotional and contemplative man, was a life study for Hesse. It is a theme that transcends all time. The Hesse Phenomenon "has turned into a vogue, the vogue into a torrent. . .He has appealed both to. . . an underground and to an establishment. . .and to the disenchanted young sharing his contempt for our industrial civilization."-- The New York Times Book Review [via]
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Niels Lyhne
by Jens Pater Jacobsen, Hanna Astrup Larsen

ISBN 1598183451 (1-59818-345-1)
Softcover, Alan Rodgers Books

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According to JOHAN DE MYLIUS of the Danish Royal Library, Jens Peter Jacobsen was a "poet associated with the so-called 'modern breakthrough' in Danish literature in the 1870s. . . . Jacobsen's immediate importance was his status as the 'writer of his generation.' With the novel Niels Lyhne (1880) he voiced the disoriented and confused rejection of the old values, Romanticism's dream and religion. . . . Like the single volume of short stories Jacobsen published in 1882, three years before he died of tuberculosis, both novels are unique in an age of realism on account of their highly charged, atmospheric prose and almost lyrical style." [via]
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The Novels of Hermann Hesse
by Theodore Ziolkowski

ISBN 0691060843 (0-691-06084-3)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr

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Rosshalde
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 9500725959 (950-07-2595-9)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori

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Hermann Hesse's Rosshalde is the classic story of a man torn between obligations to his family and his longing for a spiritual fulfillment that can only be found outside the confines of conventional society.

Johann Veraguth, a wealthy, successful artist, is estranged from his wife and stifled by the unhappy union. Veraguths love for his young son and his fear of drifting rootlessly keep him bound within the walls of his opulent estate, Rosshalde. Yet, when he is shaken by an unexpected tragedy, Veraguth finally finds the courage to leave the desolate safety of Rosshalde and travels to India to discover himself anew.
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Siddartha
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 0613572742 (0-613-57274-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound

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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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Siddhartha
by Joachim Neugroschel, Hermann Hesse

ISBN 0142437182 (0-14-243718-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Hesse's famous and influential novel, Siddartha, is perhaps the most important and compelling moral allegory our troubled century has produced. Integrating Eastern and Western spiritual traditions with psychoanalysis and philosophy, this strangely simple tale, written with a deep and moving empathy for humanity, has touched the lives of millions since its original publication in 1922. Set in India, Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin's search for ultimate reality after meeting with the Buddha. His quest takes him from a life of decadence to asceticism, through the illusory joys of sensual love with a beautiful courtesan, and of wealth and fame, to the painful struggles with his son and the ultimate wisdom of renunciation. This new translation by award-winning translator Joachim Neugroschel includes an introduction by Hesse biographer Ralph Freedman. [via]
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Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse, Joseph Mileck

ISBN 0030121353 (0-03-012135-3)
Softcover, Harcourt Canada, Limited

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With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesses best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literatures most poetic evocations of the souls journey to liberation

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 meets a woman who is his opposite, the carefree and elusive Hermine. The tale of the Steppenwolf culminates in the surreal Magic TheaterFor Madmen Only!

Originally published in English in 1929, Steppenwolf s wisdom continues to speak to our souls and marks it as a classic of modern literature.
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Wandering: Notes and Sketches
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 0374509751 (0-374-50975-1)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux

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Bajo LA Rueda
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 9686769579 (968-6769-57-9)
Hardcover, Giron Spanish Books Distributors

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Hermana Hesse nos ofrece en la serie de sus no-velas y relatos la vision de un mundo esencial-mente intimo. Aseguraba no haber escrito otra cosa que lo que ""queria salir de el"", y nos lego una obra que hay que considerar, en su conjunto, como una confesion, una descripcion de su manera de pensar y de su vida, ""idealizacion no, solo confesion"", escribio.La obra de Hesse es ""juego e intento"" de superar las propias experiencias y sensaciones. Para el comenzaba siempre un nuevo trabajo en el instante en que vislumbraba un personaje que durante algun tiempo podia convertirse en simbolo y portador de su experiencia, de sus pensamientos, de sus problemas. Por eso llamaba a sus trabajos ""biografias del alma"", en el fondo son monologos en los que una sola persona se contempla en sus relaciones con el mundo y el propio yo. [via]
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Bajo las ruedas
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 8420633402 (84-206-3340-2)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa

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Demian
by Herman Hessse

ISBN 9681509749 (968-15-0974-9)
Softcover, Editores Mexicanos Unidos-Mex

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Demian
by Hesse Herman

ISBN 9686769005 (968-6769-00-5)
Hardcover, Epoca Editorial

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Demian es una de las novelas más bellas e interesantes de Hermann Hesse.

La Historia de la juventud de Emil Sinclair es una novela que relata en primera persona el paso de la niñez a la madurez de este personaje del escritor alemán Hermann Hesse.
Emil Sinclair es un niño que ha vivido toda su vida en lo que el llama el Scheinwelt (mundo de ensueño o mundo de la luz), pero una mentira lo lleva a ampliar sus visiones del mundo y a conocer un personaje enigmático de nombre Max Demian que lo llevará por los senderos del auto-razonamiento destruyendo paradigmas materialistas que antes lo rodeaban. [via]
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El Juego De Abalorios/ the Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse, Aristides Gregori

ISBN 9500722526 (950-07-2252-6)
Softcover, Sudamericana

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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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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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Der Engel Schwieg: Roman
by Heinrich Boll

ISBN 3462022148 (3-462-02214-8)
Hardcover, Kiepenheuer & Witsch

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Hermann Hesse Romane

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

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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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The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse
by Jack D. Zipes, David Frampton, Hermann Hesse

ISBN 0553100238 (0-553-10023-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Books

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Unterm Rad
by Hermann Hesse, Heribert Kuhn

ISBN 3518188348 (3-518-18834-8)
Hardcover, Suhrkamp

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?Unterm Rad? beschreibt das Schicksal eines begabten Kindes, dem der Ehrgeiz seines Vaters und der Lokalpatriotismus seiner Heimatstadt eine Rolle aufnötigen, die ihm nicht entspricht und es »unters Rad« drängt. [via]
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Unterm Rad: Erzahlg
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 3518065521 (3-518-06552-1)
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Wanderung: Aufzeichnungen
by Hermann Hesse

ISBN 3518014447 (3-518-01444-7)
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La Filosofia Dopo La Filosofia: Contingenza, Ironia E Solidarieta
by Richard Rorty

ISBN 8842034851 (88-420-3485-1)
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