Beneath the Wheel - by Hermann Hesse (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In Hermann Hesse's <i>Beneath the Wheel</i>, Hans Giebernath lives among the dull and respectable townsfolk of a sleepy Black Forest village. When he is discovered to be an exceptionally gifted student, the entire community presses him onto a path of serious scholarship. Hans dutifully follows the regimen of study and endless examinations, his success rewarded only with more crushing assignments. When Hans befriends a rebellious young poet, he begins to imagine other possibilities outside the narrowly circumscribed world of the academy. Finally sent home after a nervous breakdown, Hans is revived by nature and romance, and vows never to return to the gray conformity of the academic system.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A remarkable mixture of affection, gentle humor, compassion, light irony, bitterness, and cold, angry indignation." --<i>The Sacramento Bee</i> <p/>"Can be read for sheer pleasure. Hesse's peculiarly supple lyricism, his brittle irony, and his stunning descriptions of nature are marvelously carried over into the English." --<i>The Saturday Review</i> <p/>"[A] Black Forest <i>Catcher in the Rye</i>, a work infused with that sense of homesickness that Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., quite rightly said was so prominent in Hesse's novels." --<i>The National Observer</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Hermann Hesse</b> was born in Germany in 1877 and later became a citizen of Switzerland. As a Western man profoundly affected by the mysticism of Eastern thought, he wrote novels, stories, and essays bearing a vital spiritual force that has captured the imagination and loyalty of many generations of readers. His works include <i>Steppenwolf</i>, <i>Narcissus and Goldmund</i>, and <i>The Glass Bead Game</i>. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. Hermann Hesse died in 1962.</p>
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