Hesse, Hermann: Narcissus and Goldmund
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A story of two antithetical natures, the best friends, who understand and assist each other: NARCISSUS - an ascetic monk; a rigorous intellectual remains in the monastery to become an abbot; the epitome of the masculine, analytical mind, and GOLDMUND - romantic, dreamy, flaxen-haired boy; celebrates the lush, lyrical, rapturous, sensuous quality of women; leaves the monastery to find his true nature; he epitomizes the feminine mind. Hesse lifts the contrapuntal play of conflicting forces into a plane as close to music as words will come. What lingers in the reader's mind is a melancholy melody, a romantic "lied" full of wanderlust for a trip into the id.
| Condition: |  |
| Category: | Books > Foreign Language Books > Books in English > |
| Category: | Books > Literature > Novel > |
| Publisher: | Bantam Books, 1971 |
| Item number / ISBN: | 076783006508 |
| Binding: | paperback |
| Page count: | 312 |
| Item language: | English |
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