Journey To The East, The - Couverture souple

Hesse, Hermann

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0720613051 ISBN 13 : 9780720613056

Editeur : Peter Owen, 2007

Synopsis

The success of his first book, Siddhartha, ensured the publication of six further books by Hesse of which this one, first appearing in 1956, is regarded today as one of his best The narrator of this allegorical tale travels through time and space in a search of ultimate truth. This pilgrimage to the East covers both real and imagined lands and takes place not only in our own time but also in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Fellow travelers are also both real and fictitious and include Plato, Pythagoras, Don Quixote, Tristram Shandy, and Baudelaire. Like Siddartha, Journey to the East is a timeless novel of broad appeal, particularly among younger readers, stemming from an affinity with the lasting effects of the author's own youthful rebellion against the strictures of a classical education and his pacifist instincts, combined with an easy lyricism and a well-composed symmetry of style.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

From the Nobel Prize winning author of Siddhartha, Steppenwolf and The Glass Bead Game.

The narrator of this allegorical tale travels through time and space in a search of ultimate truth. This pilgrimage to the 'East' covers both real and imagined lands and takes place not only in our own time but also in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Again, fellow travellers are both real and fictitious - Plato, Pythagoras, Don Quixote, Tristram Shandy and Baudelaire.

Présentation de l'éditeur

With an introduction by Tony Wheeler, founder of the Lonely Planet guides

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Peter Owen
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0720613051
• ISBN 13: 9780720613056
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 112