About Travel

by Hermann Hesse, Tim Newcomb (Translator)

Overview

"I cannot read Hermann Hesse without feeling that I am drawn into the presence of a deeply serious mind, a mind that is searching for the meaning of life." - Carl Jung

A new 2023 translation of Hesse's About Travel (Über das Reisen). This edition also contains an epilogue by the translator, a philosophical glossary of concepts used by Hesse and a chronology of his life and work. Hesse won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947. He also received the Goethe Prize of Frankfurt in 1946 and the 1955 Peace Prize of the German Booksellers. This essay was not published in his lifetime, but his estate released it in 1973.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798855636970
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	10/04/2023
Pages:	42
Sales rank:	718,766
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.09(d)

About the Author

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. Profoundly affected by the mysticism of Eastern thought, Hesse’s books and essays reveal a deep spiritual influence that has captured the imagination of generations of readers. His best-known works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, Demian and Magister Ludi. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.