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About This Novel
"The Last Summer of Klingsor" is a novella written by Hermann Hesse in 1919. At the end of his life, the painter Klingsor roamed, tasted wine, and talked about life with his friends in the beloved places he often visited in his early years. He used paintings to fight and scream for the continuation of life, declaring war on the evil death. The unmixed paint on the palette in his hand carried his protest against death and his ridicule of decline. He painted new life and all declines. Finally, after a warm but short summer, Klingsor exhausted all his energy and completed the work he will leave forever in the world - a self-portrait...
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