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Experience one of Hermann Hesse’s masterpieces, Narcissus and Goldmund, a vibrant portrayal of the Middle Ages. This extraordinary novel explores the divergent paths of two friends. One abandons monastic life to navigate the tumultuous world, embracing its extremes amidst sin, plague, and war. The other remains within the monastery, dedicating himself to a challenging life of spiritual denial. This work, a remarkable feat of imagination, offers a profound and gripping reading experience, resonating with the intensity of Hesse’s other acclaimed novels like Siddhartha and Steppenwolf. Translated by Leila Vennewitz
‘Full of secrets, life stared at him, a murky, unfathomable world, an impenetrable, thorny forest full of fabulous perils’
Two men become friends in a medieval monastery: Narcissus, dark and serious, and Goldmund: sunny, childlike and reckless. When Goldmund realizes he is not meant for a life of self-denial, he sets off on the road in search of experience, becoming entangled in the extremes of a world dominated by sin, plague and war – until, many years later, he encounters Narcissus one final time. Bringing to life the Middle Ages in all their beauty and horror, Hesse’s profound masterpiece of the imagination explores friendship, love, death, fate and the true meaning of freedom.
‘A poetic novel unique in its fascination’ Thomas Mann
“One of his masterpieces… a great novel Observer
About the Author
Hermann Hesse was born in Calw, Germany, in 1877. After a short period at a seminary he moved to Switzerland to work as a bookseller. During the First World War he worked for the Red Cross. His later novels – most importantly Siddhartha (1922), Steppenwolf (1927), Narcissus und Goldmund (1930) and the Glass Bead Game (1943) – and his poems and critical essays established him as one of the towering literary figures of the German-speaking world. He won many literary awards including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. Hermann Hesse died in 1962.
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