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Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund
Author: Hermann Hesse
"Oedipal situations, homosexuality, hermaphroditism, and necrophilia lurk skin-deep under the pages, but Hesse lifts the contrapuntal play of conflicting forces into a plane as close to music as words will come. What lingers in the reader's mind is a melancholy melody, a romantic lied full of wanderlust for a trip into the id. From now on, Har...  more »
ISBN: 259770
Publication Date: 1969
Pages: 315
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Publisher: noonday
Book Type: Paperback
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Probaby Hesse's best book although more are familiar with Steppenwolf or Sidhartha. really addresses the conflist between flesh and spirit or the emotional versus the contemplative,


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