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by G
About This Novel
The protagonist of the novel, Harrell, is an upright writer. He despises the modern social lifestyle and often stays behind closed doors. The suffocating air makes him fall into a schizophrenic state. One day, he accidentally read a short book "Review of Steppenwolf", and suddenly woke up from the dream, thinking that he was a Steppenwolf with both "human nature" and "wolf nature". Later, he was invited to a party and found that the attendees all had narrow nationalist views, and his anti-war remarks were reprimanded, making him feel even more lonely. When he returned home, he met the bartender Hermina and gained sensual joy. After Hermina introduced him, he met the musician Pablo and the girl Maria. He forgot all his worries and worries in the music and sensual enjoyment. But when he saw Hermina getting close to Pablo, he became "wolfish" and killed Hermina out of jealousy. The novel is rich in fantasy color and profound symbolic meaning, and is considered to have a "surrealist" style; Thomas Mann called it "German Ulysses".
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