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 »ry Haller, the Steppenwolf, faces competition from Goldmund and his mentor." - Joseph Bauke, Saturday Review« less
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,