– "Steppenwolf" by Heman Hesse tells the story of Harry Haller, a strange and lonely ageing figure who believes he is half wolf. Haller suffers from great depression, losing the will to live and giving in to the wolf side of his nature, believing he knows how he will die. This all changes however, when he encounters a young woman who gives him a reason to live once more. She does not fear his wolf side and so helps him to feel less of an outsider, all the while explaining to him the concept of an afterlife, in doing so providing him with hope. The story is told from 3 different perspectives; the reports of a relative of Haller's landlady, a strange book given to Haller and Haller's own diaries. This book is a difficult and "heavy" read at times, while at most times it's utterly mezmerizing and wonderful! This is a very important part of modern litterature, it truly is a classic worth reading!
Steppenwolf
«The gripping and fascinating story of disease in a man's soul, and a savage indictment of bourgeois society»
New York Times
'The unhappiness that I need and long for . . . is of the kind that will let me suffer with eagerness and die with lust. That is the unhappiness, or happiness, that I am waiting for.'
Alienated from society, Harry Haller is the Steppenwolf, wild, strange and shy. His despair and desire for death draw him into an enchanted, Faust-like underworld. Through a series of shadowy encounters, romantic, freakish and savage by turn, Haller begins to rediscover the lost dreams of his youth.
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'The unhappiness that I need and long for . . . is of the kind that will let me suffer with eagerness and die with lust. That is the unhappiness, or happiness, that I am waiting for.'
Alienated from society, Harry Haller is the Steppenwolf, wild, strange and shy. His despair and desire for death draw him into an enchanted, Faust-like underworld. Through a series of shadowy encounters, romantic, freakish and savage by turn, Haller begins to rediscover the lost dreams of his youth.
Adopted by the Sixties counterculture, Steppenwolf captured the mood of a disaffected generation that was beginning to question everything.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 256
- ISBN
- 9780241951521
- Utgivelsesår
- 2011
- Format
- 18 x 11 cm
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«The gripping and fascinating story of disease in a man's soul, and a savage indictment of bourgeois society»
New York Times
«Existential masterpiece»
The Times