Under the Wheel (hesse Collection)
by G
About This Novel
"Hesse Selections" includes five masterpieces from different periods by Hermann Hesse, winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature: "Under the Wheel", "Demian: The Wandering Boyhood", "Siddhartha", "Steppenwolf" and "Narcissus and Goldmund". The young Hans Gibbenrath in "Under the Wheel" is talented, diligent and studious. He lives up to the high expectations of his father and teachers and is admitted to the seminary with excellent results. However, in the new environment, the young man carries too many expectations. Under the heavy pressure, he loses his way in growing up. He is abandoned by the rigid school and falls into loneliness. When the halo recedes and despair looms, the young life falls like falling under the roaring wheels.
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