Many of us can probably remember some of the books we read in our childhood. We may have even read them over and over again, sometimes in their entirety from beginning to end, and sometimes only those passages that over time became our favorites. Then, as we became older and began reading more sophisticated texts, … Weiterlesen
Among the dominant themes in the works of Hermann Hesse is that of self-discovery, or self-realization. Hermann Hesse’s life was partially characterized by competing forces that included on one hand the pious lifestyle and influences of his parents, the responsibilities that accompanied his marriages and children, and the demands of an often-hostile outside world, and, … Weiterlesen
The small, Freiburg-based Verlag Karl Alber, which specializes in philosophy publications, released a novel earlier this year written by Maren Bohm, and the novel is titled “Hermann Hesses wundersame Geschichte”. Bohm is a former high school teacher and has previously written a children’s book and three novels. Bohm’s newest novel starts with a conceit: Bernd … Weiterlesen
