STEPPENWOLF

HERMANN HESSE
STEPPENWOLF
HUMAN DUALITY, LUCID MADNESS, AND THE BATTLE INSIDE THE MIND
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Páginas: 208
Altura: 21.0 cm.
Ancho: 14.0 cm.
Lomo: 1.1 cm.
Peso: 0.25 kgs.
ISBN: 9786316724076

IN «STEPPENWOLF», HERMANN HESSE DELIVERS A HAUNTING AND DEEPLY INTROSPECTIVE EXPLORATION OF THE DIVIDED SELF. THROUGH THE TORMENTED FIGURE OF HARRY HALLERA MAN TORN BETWEEN HIS CULTIVATED HUMAN INTELLECT AND HIS UNTAMED, INSTINCTIVE WOLF NATUREHESSE CRAFTS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNEY INTO ALIENATION, IDENTITY, AND THE SEARCH FOR MEANING IN THE MODERN WORLD. SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF BOURGEOIS EUROPEAN SOCIETY, THE NOVEL EXPLORES THE ANGUISH OF NOT BELONGING, THE WEIGHT OF HYPER-AWARENESS, AND THE SEDUCTIVE APPEAL OF ISOLATION. HOWEVER, WHAT BEGINS AS A PORTRAIT OF DESPAIR GRADUALLY TRANSFORMS INTO A SURREAL JOURNEY TOWARD AWAKENING. ENCOUNTERS WITH ENIGMATIC CHARACTERS AND THE HALLUCINATORY MAGIC THEATER OPEN DOORS TO MULTIPLE SELVES, HIDDEN DESIRES, AND RADICAL SELF-ACCEPTANCE. BLENDING EXISTENTIAL INQUIRY WITH DREAMLIKE SYMBOLISM, «STEPPENWOLF» CHALLENGES RIGID NOTIONS OF PERSONALITY AND REALITY ITSELF. HESSE INVITES READERS TO CONFRONT THEIR INNER CONTRADICTIONS AND EMBRACE THE FULL SPECTRUM OF THEIR BEING. THIS NOVEL, A LANDMARK OF 20TH-CENTURY LITERATURE, REMAINS A POWERFUL, UNSETTLING, AND LIBERATING MEDITATION ON LONELINESS, TRANSFORMATION, AND THE COURAGE TO ACHIEVE FULFILLMENT.