Description
A gifted young student from a provincial town earns a coveted place at a prestigious seminary, where academic promise brings both opportunity and crushing expectations. As he struggles to reconcile his inner life with the rigid demands of education, religion, and social conformity, the pressures surrounding him steadily intensify. This poignant coming-of-age novel explores the cost of institutional ambition, the vulnerability of sensitive young people, and the conflict between individual freedom and society’s definitions of success. Written with psychological insight and quiet intensity, it reflects the early work of a major twentieth-century literary voice.
Available Editions
paperback
Picador
Published Jul 1, 2003
192 pages
ISBN: 9780312422301
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Details
First Published
1906
Language
eng
Translation
From: deu
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Beneath the Wheel by Hermann Hesse.