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Original Title:	Narziß und Goldmund
ISBN:	0374506841 (ISBN13: 9780374506841)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Mariabronn(Germany)
Literary Awards:	Schlegel-Tieck Prize Nominee for Leila Vennewitz (1994)

Narcissus and Goldmund Capa comum | Pages: 320 pages

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Title	:	Narcissus and Goldmund
Author	:	Hermann Hesse
Book Format	:	Capa comum
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 320 pages
Published	:	1997 by The Noonday Press / Farrar, Straus Giroux (first published 1930)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. Philosophy. European Literature. German Literature. Literature

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Narcissus and Goldmund tells the story of two medieval men whose characters are diametrically opposite: Narcissus, an ascetic monk firm in his religious commitment, and Goldmund, a romantic youth hungry for knowledge and worldly experience. First published in 1930, Hesse's novel remains a moving and pointed exploration of the conflict between the life of the spirit and the life of the flesh. It is a theme that transcends all time.

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Narcissus and Goldmund tells the narrative of two men (although Goldmund gets a bigger chunk of the story), each seeking a higher fulfillment in his own way. The novel chronicles the life of an aimless wanderer breaking free, and one strongly binded to faith living in the Mariabronn monastery. The novel is both a journey and an awakening that takes the reader over the course of many decades. Living in a hidden cloister in medieval Germany, Narcissus is a most learned and pious young acolyte

Can I just say that I absolutely love Hermann Hesse. For me his words speak directly to my soul. I have never exclusively followed an author except Hesse. He is absolutely brilliant and his works are so nuanced to the point where they only mean anything to the reader unless they can relate in some profound way. I have now finished all of his major works and I must say "bravo". All of his books are about the turmoil and duality of the human soul. He speaks my language. My next goal is to learn

Perhaps this book is interesting as an example of the dichotomization of body/mind, angel/whore, ascete/wayfarer. Put the dicktalk aside (which is no small task here) and you still have an enormous vine from which to swing back and forth from pole to pole. At best woman is subject here, at worst she so thoroughly blends into the background she's invisible. More than bleak considering this is a meditation on the roles of the artist and thinker (and never the twain shall meet mind you) in a modern

The book is spectacular and extremely thought provoking. Out of all, probably the following paragraph left the adequate impression.All existence seemed to be based on duality, on contrast. Either one was a man or one was a woman, either a wanderer or a sedentary burgher, either a thinking person or a feeling person no one could breathe in at the same time as he breathed out, be a man as well as a woman, experience freedom as well as order, combine instinct and mind. One always had to pay for

I see this book as a meditation on the beauty and the power of Art. Any flaws that appear in the narrative therefore I find to be irrelevant. I think that I don't even experience Narcissus and Goldmund as a novel. It's more philosophical in nature, more a novel of ideas, more like reading a religious text than anything else, and that is the beauty of it... or at least that is what I have found in it. I loved the contrast between the two main characters, Narcissus and Goldmund and the true

This was truly a magical reading experience for me. It came out of nowhere -- I'd never heard of this particular title before, despite my bibliophilic tendencies, and I had always avoided reading Hesse out of some nonsense premonition that I wouldn't enjoy his writing style. I was so wrong about that last part.A dear friend loaned this book to me while I was hospitalized last spring. The hideous front cover was held on by a thread, and didn't even make it to the finish line. The pages were

One day, in the coffee corner,met the artist and the thinker;Over cappuccino started again,the perennial debate, 'Who's greater?'"Knowledge is life's sole goal,"said the intellectual."Life but beauty darker than coal,"argued the epicurean."O' My dearest friend,your comprehension is a pity;It's only with knowledge,that one appreciates beauty.""Beauty in itself is complete,who needs knowledge to analyze;And if you still do not get it,I suggest, go fly a kite.""Beauty is a mirage,that withers with