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Nobel Prize in Literature The Collected Works of Hermann Hesse. Hesse spoke the language of young people, and he is the most read German writer. Hesse represents an old, true, pure and spiritual Germany. His writing is full of humanitarian spirit and love for mankind.

Hesse is a famous writer with profound ideological connotation and unique artistic personality. He is good at using symbolic artistic means to deeply analyze the pain suffered by the human soul from the spiritual and psychological aspects. Hesse yearned for the oriental culture of India and China throughout his life, and had a special affinity with oriental culture. His extraordinary poetic temperament and "Oriental complex" are integrated, making his works reveal a certain detachment behind the passion. This book collects Hesse's representative prose works written in the middle and late period. From them, it is not difficult for us to appreciate the profound thoughts and extraordinary attainments of this literary master.

"Steppenwolf" shows the consequences of the division of human nature in modern society through the narration of personal mental illness. Homeless, Harrell is hunted mercilessly like a wolf and tortured by mental illness. In his interactions with several important figures such as Hermina, Pablo, and Maria, Harrell faced a dilemma in life and fell into a desperate situation. In the end, he was inspired by the lofty thoughts of "immortals" such as Goethe and Mozart, got rid of despair, and returned to real life. The novel is rich in fantasy and has profound symbolic meaning, and is known as Germany's "Ulysses".

Hesse is often mentioned for his novels and is famous throughout the world for his novels. But he is also an excellent poet and essayist. Most of these essays record his observations and thoughts on history and society. "Pilgrim's Song" is a prose chapter selected by the translator Xie Yingying from the complete works of Hesse. It includes childhood memories, thoughts on the war, letters to relatives and friends, miscellaneous conversations about relocation, and memories of the old place and old age. All of them are inseparable from the perception of life. Not only does it allow us to fully understand Hesse as a person, but it also purifies our souls by revealing his heart, thoughts, joys, sorrows, and even indignation.

Siddhartha, an aristocratic young man from ancient India, walked and meditated on the rose path in the fig garden. Since his birth, Siddhartha has had the success that most people desire: a prominent family background, a smart mind, the love of his parents, the following of his friends, the admiration of the opposite sex... But these are not the life he wants. Siddhartha was full of confusion and longed to understand the true meaning of life. Just now, he made a decision: let go of everything in front of him and find his true self. Follow Siddhartha on a journey of spiritual enlightenment and wisdom to become a better version of yourself.

The protagonist Hans has been extremely intelligent, diligent and studious since he was a child, and is regarded as a child prodigy by everyone. He was sent to a seminary to study. Influenced by his extended family and society, he was eager for fame and studied hard in an isolated school without any free time. His physical and mental health was damaged. His classmate Herman is stubborn by nature, despises fame and is not tolerated by the school; but Hans feels that only Herman is his confidant. Hans worked too hard, became physically weak, and his grades dropped; the school blamed Hermann for this. Hermann was expelled from school, and Hans felt even more lonely. He was scolded by teachers and ridiculed by classmates from time to time. Later, he suffered from neurasthenia, which made him unable to continue his studies and had to return to his hometown to work as a fitter to make a living. Social discrimination and frustration in life made him feel as if he had fallen under a ruthless and huge wheel. This is a novel that indicts the old education system in Germany and is considered to be highly autobiographical.

"Joy of the Garden" is a collection of essays by Hermann Hesse, the 1946 Nobel Prize winner for literature, including 61 articles and poems. In addition to being widely known as a writer, Hesse was also a living artist, painter and gardener. The text in this book mainly records Hesse's conversations and games with nature at different periods in his life.

This book is a collection of reading essays by German writer Hesse. Hesse wrote and loved books, and he knew the charm of books best. He wrote more than 3,000 book reviews in his life, thinking about the purpose and process of reading, the relationship between people and reading, and also shared his favorite readings. He believes that reading must take the path of love, not the path of obligation. The purpose of reading should not be to forget ourselves and our daily lives, but to regain a more confident and mature grasp of our own lives. Hesse emphasized the inner unity of the book and the self. His literary criticism was not an objective analysis, but a "random impression" extracted from the literature after internalization. In this book, he talks about "reading" not from the perspective of a scholar but from the perspective of a reader. Here we can see through how Hesse transformed the world of books into his own world, thereby establishing a bibliography that suits his own temperament.

This book "Song of Ticino" can be said to be the essence of Hesse's works. It is a collection of prose and poetry, and it is also the author's induction, summary and interpretation of the artistic concepts, creative methods and philosophical thoughts of all his previous works. It is regarded by many experts and scholars as a key to the door of Hesse's thought.

This book collects Hesse's twenty fairy tales, covering his entire creative career and witnessing his life trajectory. Hesse's fairy tales are not fairy tales in the traditional sense, but they are deeply influenced by Eastern and Western fairy tale traditions. From "Two Brothers", which he created when he was ten years old, to his last piece, "Birds" written in 1933, they bear witness to Hesse's attempts to use this genre to record his inner world as an artist. Like many European writers of his generation, Hesse paid close attention to everything happening around him: the rapid development of science and technology, the rise of materialism, the outbreak of world wars, economic boom and recession... All these, as well as the traumas, questions and dreams he personally experienced, are perfectly reflected in the world of artistic fairy tales.

"Under the Wheel" is a semi-autobiographical novel written early in Hesse's creative career. It tells the story of the genius boy Hans Gibbenrath who gradually became tragic under the harsh educational system and social pressure. Hans was born in a small town in Germany and was extremely talented. He studied hard under the expectations of his family and teachers, and passed the state examination to enter the famous Maulbronn Academy. He sacrificed all the entertainment of his childhood just to meet the expectations of his father and teachers and become a "model student." Hans met the rebellious Hermann Heilner, who advocated freedom and despised the rigid education system. Heilner was expelled for defying school rules, while Hans gradually became physically and mentally exhausted due to mental depression and academic pressure, and his grades declined. Hans was forced to drop out of school due to neurasthenia. After returning to his hometown, he became a factory apprentice. He was ignored by society and eventually led to tragedy.

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)

"The Wandering Boyhood" describes the difficult journey of young Sinclair's pursuit of self. Sinclair, who was born and grew up in the "light world", accidentally discovered a completely different "another world". The chaos and darkness there made him anxious and confused, and he fell into the disaster caused by lies. At this time, a young man named Demian appeared and took him out of the swamp. From then on, he began to walk towards loneliness and find himself. In the years that followed, "Demian" appeared in different identities, becoming his guide every time he was searching alone and making difficult decisions... The whole novel is written in Hesse's iconic lyrical style. It is a psychological novel that describes the process of implementing the true self and explores one's own destiny. It can be said to be Hesse's monumental masterpiece.

"Natchez and Goldmund" is the author's masterpiece published in 1930. It describes the life experiences of a pair of friends who represent rational asceticism and erotic sensual hedonism. The young novice monk Narcissus in the monastery is extremely talented and is deeply loved by Dean Daniel. The new student Goldmund was obsessed with secular life. Although they became friends, Goldmund ignored Narcissus' rational preaching and secretly went to the village to have a tryst with the girl. Then he escaped from the monastery and wandered around, experiencing joy and hardship. His wanderings made him gradually mature, but he was later sentenced to death for falling in love with the governor's mistress. Narcissus, who became the abbot of the monastery, rescued him from prison and let him specialize in sculpture. Goldmund went out to march again, and fell seriously ill on the way. Narcissus expressed his friendship to him before his death, making him die happily.

"The last knight of German Romanticism" and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Hesse's new 10-volume anthology, translated by famous writers, includes novels, short and medium-length works, poetry, prose, fairy tales and paintings, comprehensively displaying Hesse's creative career. "Siddhartha" contains three of Hesse's famous novellas, namely "Siddhartha", "Gertrude" and "Knolp". "Gertrude" tells the story of a love triangle between two extremely talented musicians and a beautiful young woman, hinting at the theme of the novel: the male protagonist is frustrated in love, but it promotes his artistic creation. "Knulp" was called by Hesse\

"The Glass Bead Game" is Hesse's life-long masterpiece, and it is also the last novel he completed in his life. Describing the process of the protagonist Knik becoming the best bead opera teacher in the ideal country of art, the book vividly outlines the protagonist's birth, inspiration, and spiritual journey through the structure of a complete sonata. It can be said to be the pinnacle of Hesse's lifelong literature and the summary of his literary creation. Three years after the publication of this novel, Hesse won the prestigious Goethe Prize for Literature, and in the same year he won the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature. This novel is the key to understanding Hesse's thoughts and the swan song of his literary career.

"Under the Wheel" is the masterpiece of Hesse, the winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature and the most awarded lyric poet in contemporary German literature. Hesse uses simple and implicit techniques to vividly depict the protagonist Hans Gibbenrad's boyhood life, adolescent confusion, seminary education and family background. This is Hesse's personal experience of blood and tears, and it is also Hesse's own portrait. The book is full of pastoral and rural atmosphere, and has a vivid and detailed description of the crisis of the soul and the pursuit of destination. This is a beautiful song of life played by a lonely wanderer. It is a new literary work that depicts the tragedy of students and the confusion of adolescence. After this book came out, paper was expensive in Luoyang for a while, and it is still a best-seller among literary classics.

Harry Harrell is a lonely, lonely middle-aged man. By chance, he read a short book "On the Steppenwolf", and he realized that he was a Steppenwolf with both human and wolf nature. In order to get rid of the pain and loneliness, he got drunk in the pub and met Hermina, Pablo and Maria one after another. He was so immersed in sensory play that he seemed to forget all his worries. When Harry is on the verge of collapse, he comes to the Magic Theater. In this place where dreams and reality intersect, he sees various split personalities and repressed selves. Through this experience, he realized that he should not deliberately oppose human nature and wolf nature, but should regard them as a whole. Eventually, Harry escapes despair and returns to real life.

"The last knight of German Romanticism" and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Hesse's new 10-volume anthology, translated by famous writers, includes novels, short and medium-length works, poetry, prose, fairy tales and paintings, comprehensively displaying Hesse's creative career. Hesse's creative career lasted for 70 years, and his works cover a wide range. In addition to novels such as "Under the Wheel", "Steppenwolf", "Narziss and Goldmund", and "The Glass Bead Game", Hesse has never stopped writing short and medium stories. Hesse is good at using symbolic artistic techniques to reflect the deep sting caused by the outside world to the human soul from the spiritual and psychological aspects, so that the inner meaning of the work can be condensed and sublimated. The 26 short stories and short stories collected in the book "The Engagement" are all the best of Hesse's works. They reflect the author's characteristics and styles in different creative periods in the early, middle and late periods. They are of great help and inspiration to us to fully understand Hesse and his creative thoughts and art.

Siddhartha, a young Brahmin from ancient India, embarked on a long road of asceticism. He left the privileged aristocratic home alone, went from conscious abstinence to self-exile and sensual enjoyment, and finally achieved inner peace. He left the past behind all the way, and after realizing that the world is a grassroots team and the meaninglessness of life, he went to live a positive life.

"Demian: The Lost Boy" is one of Hesse's masterpieces. It tells the story of the young Sinclair's arduous journey of finding his own way. Sinclair, who was born and grew up in the "light world", accidentally discovered a completely different "another world". The chaos and darkness there made him anxious and confused, and he fell into the disaster caused by lies. At this time, a young man named Demian appeared and took him out of the swamp. From then on, he began to walk towards loneliness and find himself. In the years that followed, "Demian" appeared in different identities, becoming his guide every time he was searching alone and making difficult choices... "Demian" was first published in 1919, and the original author was signed by Emile Sinclair. After the publication of the work, it caused a huge response in the society. Its popularity was only rivaled by "The Sorrows of Young Werther" in the last century.

The 1960s and 1970s were an era of spiritual introspection for young people in Europe and the United States. Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha" became an instant classic. The spiritual journey similar to this book was also written into the songs of youth rock by many pop singers and bands. The book became the inspiration for Nick Drake, a Van Gogh-esque figure in rock history. It was also appreciated by the American "Beat" writer Henry Miller. The famous Taiwanese dance company Cloud Gate Dance Theater's repertoire "Song of the Wanderer" is adapted from this. The translation of this book comes from Ms. Su Nianqiu, a famous Taiwanese translator and essayist who has earlier studied the translation of Hesse's works. It provides an excellent translation choice for the majority of domestic lovers of Hesse's works.

"Steppenwolf" is Hesse's novel published in 1927, with a strong autobiographical flavor. It is a literary expression in which Hermann Hesse investigates the protagonist Harry Haller and strives to reveal and resolve his conflicts with popular culture, industrial society and the power class, as well as his deep psychological crisis. The novel switches between creative multiple perspectives, including the anonymous publisher, a manual called "On Steppenwolf", and Harry himself, showing readers a vivid picture of civil society and the marginalized Steppenwolf during the period of dissociation.

Everyone who truly finds himself is called "Siddhartha"! In the history of human literature, "Siddhartha" uses poetic language to thoroughly explore the meaning of personal existence in the world, and has become synonymous with those who pursue the truth! Li Yinhe, Jiang Xun, and Jiang Fangzhou jointly recommend! The masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner Hesse! A must-read for every Western college student! Influence the spiritual growth of 140 million young people! Five major features of the new hardcover collector's edition of "Siddhartha": (1) Translation by German "National Merit Medal Winner" Yang Wuneng! Not a word is deleted! (2) Postscript to the translation by Bashu Translator Weng! Let you appreciate the essence of his works. (3) An original biography of Hesse, providing an in-depth understanding of the "Romantic Knight" Hesse. (4) A special collection of 10 watercolors painted by Hesse, vividly presenting the poetic world described by Hesse. (5) Carefully designed chapter pages and text layout, new editing, and smooth reading without obstacles. Siddhartha, a young man in ancient India, had everything, but his easy life did not make him happy. In order to seek the meaning of his existence, he embarked on the path of spiritual practice alone. On the way, he experienced the temptation of lust and the troubles of fame and fortune, but could not escape. In despair, he came to the river and planned to end his life, but then he heard a voice from his heart...

"Song of Life" describes a musician who was accidentally disabled due to a love affair in his teenage years. When he emerged as a composer after hard work, his lover was taken away by his friend, the singer, who was the embodiment of passion. In the end, the male protagonist Kun became a great musician, and the singer Maude and the heroine Gertrude got married. However, the love triangle ended in tragedy due to incompatible personalities. In the story, the hero Kuhn, with his great and pure will, overcame a difficult fate and composed a triumphant song of love and life. This is a novel full of philosophy, with themes of singing music and pure love. It is the pathos of a lonely person pursuing happiness.

This book is a great novel that combines poetry and philosophy. The author uses a breathtaking writing style to describe the story of how a person risked a complete collapse of his life, experienced various tortures in life, and pursued the meaning of human existence. The novel is rich in fantasy and has profound symbolic meaning. It was praised as "Germany's Ulysses" by the famous writer Thomas Mann.

The young Siddhartha was tired of the Brahmin life and chose to leave his hometown to find his true self. He once stepped into the world, enjoyed the worldly life, and indulged in the abyss of desire until he got tired of it. He leaves the world behind and resolves to end his life. By the river, in a moment of despair, he heard the sound of the river and had an epiphany by the river.

Hesse's fairy tales do not begin with Once upon a Time, nor do they all feature humans or animals as protagonists. The old mountain, the stubborn wicker chair, the proud boy, the ugly dwarf, all lives, are all living in a mess of inescapable difficulties to find their own endings. This book contains 20 of Hesse's fairy tales. From the first fairy tale "Two Brothers" written when he was ten years old, to "Iris" dedicated to his beloved wife, to "King You of Zhou" derived from the war drama "The Princes of Zhou", Hesse injects thoughts on the purpose of life, criticism of war, and eternal self-exploration into his stories.

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), German writer, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. "Steppenwolf" is the representative work of Hesse's mid-term creation and a milestone in his creative career. 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 bar girl 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".

"Siddhartha" is a novella by Hesse published in 1922. "Demian" is a novel published in 1919. Readers will accompany the young Emile Sinclair as he grows up, experiencing the temptation of the complex world, experiencing loneliness, timidity, hesitation, rebellion, longing for love and friendship, and falling into doubts about himself and the outside world until he meets his peer Demian. Under his influence, he will find answers step by step and mature. "Steppenwolf" is a novel published in 1927, with a strong autobiographical flavor.

"Peter Kamenzinde" is a famous work by German writer Hermann Hesse. Peter Camenzinde is a young farm boy from the Swiss mountains. He went to the city to finish college and got involved in the upper class society. Because he could not adapt to urban life, he returned to nature. He reenacts Rousseau's half-daring, half-sentimental defiance. Kamenzinde wrote aesthetic poetry, and after reading Shakespeare, Goethe and Keller, he burned those immature fantasy products. He traveled across mountains and rivers to seek harmony in nature. He studied the history of the Renaissance, advocated the spirit of humanism, followed the footsteps of St. Francis who rescued orphans and the poor, got close to the lower class people, and finally returned to the mountain village.

This book is newly revised in 2020 by Zhang Peifen, a senior researcher on Hesse. He wrote it again in his 90s to pay tribute to Hesse's divinity and poetry. This is a fable novel that brings people closer to themselves. It tells the story of Siddhartha, who was born as a Brahmin and abandoned everything to find himself: he met Kamala, a famous prostitute in the city, and began to pursue extreme lust, fame and fortune until he got tired of everything. He left the world behind again, determined to end his life, and finally found a way to integrate into himself by the river. "This is not a story about Buddha, but a life that thousands of ordinary people go through."

"The House of Horse" is one of the "artist novels" by the German writer and Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse. The protagonist, the painter Johann Wigula, bought the dilapidated aristocratic mansion of the House of Horse as his home and workshop. The mountains and rivers near the house gave him abundant creative inspiration, and his painting skills gradually improved. However, the alienation and estrangement between him and his wife became larger and larger. The two had been separated for a long time. Only their young son Pierre was the only link to maintain their marriage. With Pierre's unfortunate death, their fragile marriage finally came to an end. Desperate, he decided to leave Europe, a sad place, and go to India to heal his mental wounds.

That summer, the tranquil sea; I was alone, but very comfortable; farewells were popular on the streets, and the air was filled with the southern sunshine and the aroma of wine; I wanted nothing more than to be basked in the sun. Incarnate as Li Bai and spend the day roaming with Du Fu, drinking and debating as if it were the last summer of his life, using up all the fuel.