Klein and Wagner

"Klein und Wagner," published during Hesse's intense period of psychoanalysis with C.G. Jung, represents one of his most daring literary experiments in psychological fiction. Composed in the winter months that followed the Armistice, Klein und Wagner carries forward the self-interrogation begun in Demian and lies midway between that book's revelation and the later serenity of Siddhartha. The tale opens on an express train rushing toward the Italian lakes, its fugitive passenger already over...