Cele mai frumoase povestiri vol. 2

by Hermann Hesse, Mariana Bărbulescu (Translator)

„E greu sa nu observi asemanarile cu Proust. Insa modul de a cauta al lui Hesse difera de cel al scriitorului francez. In vreme ce Proust urmareste sa aduca la suprafata, din penumbra subconstientului, trairea ca atare, aparent fara insemnatate, Hesse recheama din intunericul trecutului, randuieste si interpreteaza acele porniri care, aproape intotdeauna, sunt adiacente componentei morale si care pun constiinta in fata dificultatii de a lua o decizie“. - Friedrich Sieburg

256 pages, Paperback

Published October 31, 2012

About the author

Many works, including Siddhartha (1922) and Steppenwolf (1927), of German-born Swiss writer Hermann Hesse concern the struggle of the individual to find wholeness and meaning in life; he won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1946.

Other best-known works of this poet, novelist, and painter include The Glass Bead Game , which, also known as Magister Ludi, explore a search of an individual for spirituality outside society.

In his time, Hesse was a popular and influential author in the German-speaking world; worldwide fame only came later. Young Germans desiring a different and more "natural" way of life at the time of great economic and technological progress in the country, received enthusiastically Peter Camenzind , first great novel of Hesse.

Throughout Germany, people named many schools. In 1964, people founded the Calwer Hermann-Hesse-Preis, awarded biennially, alternately to a German-language literary journal or to the translator of work of Hesse to a foreign language. The city of Karlsruhe, Germany, also associates a Hermann Hesse prize.

Reviews

[Vladimir Vrancianu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hesse jonglează și în povestirile celui de-al doilea volum între a avea sau nu încredere în oameni, cu toate slăbiciunile și metehnile lor. Se preface circumspect, optând însă fără echivoc, cu o naivitate dezarmantă, să dea un vot de credit. Unele pasaje, în care autorul face un apel voalat la sensibilitatea cititorului, se pot dovedi oarecum greu digerabile pentru nerăbdarea caracteristică secolului nostru.

[Florin Murarașu-Catană · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hesse, once again, takes us into his idyllic world. Each of these stories has a childhood flavour that stays with you for a while.

[Bianca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting stories about adulthood.