Magister Ludi or The Glass Bead Game Author:Herman Hesse This is Hesse's last and greatest work, which won for him the Nobel Prize for Literature. Described as "sublime" by Thomas Mann, admired by Andre Gide and T.S. Eliot, it is considered on of the important novels of this century. Originally published in German as Das Glasperlenspiel and recently published in a new translatin as The Glass Bead Ga... more »me, it is better known in English as Magister Ludi. this new translation is as majestic and contemporary as its content. The award-winning translators, Richard and Clara Winston, have captured Hermann Hesse, the author of Steppenwolf and Demian, at the height of his creative and prophetic powers, and this book is the key to a full understanding of his thought.« less