Beneath the Wheel

Novel by แฮร์มัน เฮสเส

Blurb

In Hermann Hesse's Beneath the Wheel, Hans Giebernath lives among the dull and respectable townsfolk of a sleepy Black Forest village. When he is discovered to be an exceptionally gifted student, the entire community presses him onto a path of serious scholarship. Hans dutifully follows the regimen of study and endless examinations, his success rewarded only with more crushing assignments. When Hans befriends a rebellious young poet, he begins to imagine other possibilities outside the narrowly circumscribed world of the academy. Finally sent home after a nervous breakdown, Hans is revived by nature and romance, and vows never to return to the gray conformity of the academic system.

First Published

1906

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thomas.sauer

Thomas.sauer

Das Buch, das mich mein Leben lang begleitet hat....bislang habe sechs mal gekauft und fünf mal verloren, verschenkt oder auch nur verlegt

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