Collected Letters of Hermann Hesse and Thomas Mann

About This Novel

A dialogue between two Nobel laureates, the first domestic translation of the letters between Hesse and Thomas Mann! Contains many precious historical pictures, with detailed editions annotated by experts. This book collects the correspondence between two German literary giants, Thomas Mann and Hermann Hesse, between 1910 and 1955. Hesse and Thomas Mann had different origins, artistic tastes, and readerships, but their desire to pursue truth was exactly the same. Hesse began to pay attention to the creation of Thomas Mann very early, and the latter called Hesse "the closest person selected early among the writers of his generation." For Thomas Mann, literary creation was a way to realize his ambition to enter the world and establish his personal style; for Hesse, it was a way to repent and heal his soul. They exchange creative inspiration, share reading experiences and daily life through words and pictures. Before and after the two world wars, the two noble writers exchanged many letters with each other on the folly of war, the barbaric behavior of the Nazis, and the domestic and foreign literary scene during the war. They also worried about the future fate of Germany and Europe after the war. They lived in a terrible time, but they never gave in to despair. The two comforted and supported each other through letters, and defended each other when they were slandered by the outside world. This pair of equally matched, firm and independent partners fully and subtly express their differences in origin, temperament and life attitude, but also show the same artistic purpose. This makes their dialogue particularly attractive and provides readers with an extremely rich literary legacy from the perspective of culture and contemporary history.

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