Steppenwolf FROM OUR EDITORS
Torn between his frustrated artistic idealism and his contempt for the world of the senses, Harry Haller is a lonely, disconnected man. Then, through contact with a woman in a club called the Magic Theater, he learns that peace lies in reconciling the two warring sides of his psyche. An experimental mix of symbolism, realism and fantasy, this affecting story embodies Hesse's most personally felt theme--the wrenching conflict between the flesh and the spirit.
ANNOTATION
The most autobiographical of Hesse's works, Steppenwolf is the profoundly memorable and affecting story of Harry Haller--an evocative portrayal of the wrenching conflict between the needs of the flesh and the spirit and a searing appraisal of Western civilization.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesse's best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literature's most poetic evocations of the soul's journey to liberation.
Harry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconcile the wild primeval wolf and the rational man within himself without surrendering to the bourgeois values he despises. His life changes dramatically when he meets a woman who is his opposite, the carefree and elusive Hermine. The tale of the Steppenwolf culminates in the surreal Magic Theater--For Madmen Only!
Originally published in English in 1929, Steppenwolf 's wisdom continues to speak to our souls and marks it as a classic of modern literature.
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