{"product_id":"narcissus-and-goldmund-by-hermann-hesse-9781805330578","title":"Narcissus and Goldmund","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis extremely beautiful novel has a ripeness and wisdom all too rare in modern literature'  \n\u003cbr\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'There's a certain time in life when one needs to read Hesse'  \n\u003cbr\u003eJenny Erpenbeck\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by Graham Coxon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a monastery in medieval Germany, brilliant, analytical monk Narcissus is drawn to his new student, the impulsive, charismatic Goldmund. Despite their differences in age and temperament, the two form a deep friendship, but when Goldmund rejects the monastic life and runs away to seek experience of the wider world, their bond is tested, in this plangent, limpid masterpiece, rich with the rhythms of medieval life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGoldmund pursues a sensual, picaresque existence, and Narcissus remains cloistered and controlled, but events and inclination bring them together again and again. One of literature's most moving portraits of friendship, Narcissus and Goldmund is also a powerful invitation to the reader: to explore the agony and ecstasy of life in the world, to seek the solace of contemplation, and to find the deep unity that exists within all of life's apparent contradictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Leila Vennewitz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHermann Hesse (1877-1962) was born in Württemberg, Germany. He resented his pious and repressive upbringing, and was determined to be 'a writer or nothing else'. His writing was greatly influenced by his travels to Asia and his friendship with psychoanalyst Carl Jung. In 1946 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Several of his novels are published by Pushkin Press Classics, including The Journey from the East, Demian and Siddhartha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeila Vennewitz (1912-2007) was a British-Canadian translator of German literature, known for her translations of works by Heinrich Böll and Alfred Andersch, among other authors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hermann Hesse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57235954106741,"sku":"9781805330578","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781805330578.jpg?v=1780075997","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/narcissus-and-goldmund-by-hermann-hesse-9781805330578","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}