Contemporary Literature

The Inner Path Author: Hermann Hesse Publisher: Época Collection: New Talents Genre: Fiction Format: Paperback Pages: 193 Weight: 184 g Dimensions: 21 cm x 14 cm Code: 9789706277541 The Inner Path by Hermann Hesse, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Hermann Hesse, best known for novels such as Steppenwolf and Damien, is one of the greatest authors in world literature, and the most translated German-language writer since the Brothers Grimm. The Inner Path compiles three of his most profound, tender, and memorable novellas, which should be in every student or family library. The first, A Child's Soul, was written in 1919, when the author was 41 years old, and is autobiographical; In it, Hesse offers us a glimpse into his own childlike spirit and the memory of a certain prank that left its mark on his personality. In Klein and Wagner and Klingsor's Last Summer, the author describes the long process of introspection that leads the protagonists to accept their place within the harmony of the universe, in a sublime portrait of the difficult path of self-discovery, the contrast between the love of life and the spiritual quest, and the struggle against the rules to affirm more authentic values.