Description
This collection gathers twenty-two of Hermann Hesse’s most evocative fairy tales, transporting readers into a dreamlike realm of wandering poets, visionaries, seekers, and mysterious kingdoms. Drawing on Eastern and Western traditions, these lyrical, richly symbolic stories explore spiritual longing, the artist’s isolation, the struggle between opposing forces, and the painful journey toward self-knowledge. Beneath their deceptively simple surfaces, Hesse’s tales pose enigmatic questions about love, identity, cultural decline, and the meaning of enlightenment. Both imaginative and philosophically searching, they reveal the enduring power of the fairy tale to illuminate the hidden landscapes of the human psyche.
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paperback
Bantam Books
Published Jan 1, 1995
266 pages
ISBN: 9780553377767
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Details
First Published
1995
Language
eng
Translation
From: deu
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