Narcissus and Goldmund
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One of Hesse's most cherished books, youth mentor and Nobel laureate, is based on his own experience. Hesse: "I have a special fondness for this book. It is more precious than all the other works combined." Narcissus and Goldmund. One rational and one emotional, they are like the sun and the moon, like the land and the sea. Once they meet, they are destined to attract each other, promote each other or destroy each other. But Narcissus told Goldmund that their mission was not to come together, but to get to know each other and learn to respect each other's nature. Because the nature that is different from others is what he cherishes, and a person can only do the noble and meaningful things he can do only by striving to realize himself to the best of his talents. Hesse is able to focus on the proposition of human beings' reasonable way of existence in a more detached manner than in "Steppenwolf". He is trying to find a more perfect way out for human nature. --Wu Xiaodong (Professor of Chinese Department of Peking University)
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