Knulp: Three Tales from the Life of Knulp
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Book Overview
Die drei Geschichten aus dem Leben des Landstreichers Knulp, einem Nachfahren von Eichendorffs "Taugenichts", z hlen zu den reizvollsten St cken der fr hen Prosa Hermann Hesses. In der Folge seiner... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0374509875
ISBN13:9780374509873
Release Date:January 1971
Publisher:Farrar Straus Giroux
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.36 lbs.
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
genius hesse does it again
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
this early book by hesse is a masterpiece like all of his books. once you read hesse, you'll wonder why you even read other authors, if you are a writer, then you'll feel like your writing sucks after reading hesse. this book is a gateway read into the hesse world, the life of a vagrant who ponders the meaning of life and realizes his life had a purpose.
must read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This is one of those books that you will want to read over and over. I pick it up in the spring, when I feel like going 'tramping about the countryside'. I was reminded of this book when talking to my teenaged niece recently and gave her my copy. It is a great intro to Hesses other books. Read it--you will NOT be disappointed. It is quick and meaningful.
Knulp: Three Tales From The Life Of Knulp
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
I thought that I wouldn't enjoy this book because of it's age. It was nearly 10 times my age when I read it and it has been one of the most resplendent books I have ever read. Knulp lives this prodigious life (to me at least) and gets to travel all over without a care in the world. I don't want to give away the ending to people who have never dipped into his world, but I will so please do not further read this article until finshing the book. The concluding story is what I think everybody truly wishes for. Knulp is laying in the snow and telling God how his life was meaningless and he lived a pejorative life, and then God tells him that he did live a meaningfull life. He said that Knulp was living for other people too and I think that it's just the perfect ending to a story and to a life. This book is an laudable piece of literature that should be read by all.
Wander over the Mountain
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
"Everywhere on earth there are people of our kind. That for a small part of them, I can be a focal point, the nodal point in the net, is the burden and the joy of my life." (Hesse private letter, 1955) This is a fantastic book that deals with the mysteries of life and a man's relation to his surrounding. Knulp is a wanderer who has an inherent quest for freedom and travel which conflicts with tradition. We see the stages of his life including his death at the end in a dialogue with god who represents existence. Man must express himself in order to find his own nature is the basic thrust of this short work by a great author...
A little book, a grand story
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Knulp, in its time, was the book that for me opened the window into Hermann Hesse`s world. A lovely story about the joy and sadness of being a bohemian in life and soul. It is filled with passages of life wisdom and human insight. This book is a perfect introduction to one of the greatest Nobel prize winners.
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