false 16631 96 With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesses best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literatures most poetic evocations of the souls journey to liberationHarry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconcile the wild primeval wolf and the rational man within himself without surrendering to the bourgeois values he despises. His life changes dramatically when he meets a woman who is his opposite, the carefree and elusive Hermine. The tale of the Steppenwolf culminates in the surreal Magic Theater For Madmen Only!Originally published in English in 1929, Steppenwolf's wisdom continues to speak to our souls and marks it as a classic of modern literature. 57612 book 1927 Steppenwolf total:7749|5:2682|4:2811|3:1665|2:464|1:127| 7749 30704 10282 421 5 9 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Dec 25 22:07:25 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 25 22:31:14 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 11:22:13 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 08:05:07 -0700 2009 Steppenwolf.

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Whereupon it occurred to me--so it is with everyone. Just as I dress and go out to visit the professor and exchange a few more or less insincere compliments with him, without really wanting to at all, so it is with the majority of men day by day and hour by hour...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Dec 20 03:54:39 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 03:55:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false true Thu Apr 16 13:11:01 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 05 23:39:58 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 16 13:11:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Sep 17 17:40:14 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 17:40:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Feb 11 08:20:17 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 08:20:17 -0800 2009 4 to 6 times more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Nov 30 20:15:56 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 20:16:02 -0800 2008
This book is a diving weight that pulls you down into a vivid alternate world. After a while spent in its depths, you lose track of time and realize you're out o...more...]]> 2 1 true false Tue Oct 21 11:44:29 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 16:34:43 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 11:44:29 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Mar 02 13:45:05 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 02 13:48:20 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Jan 08 22:13:46 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 16:46:14 -0800 2008 Am I a hedonistic, drug using, sex-obsessed creature of the night, or am I a polite bourgeoise academic who does nothing but sit in my study-with clean floors-and read all day?
Can one be both?
I've been something of both, like the main character in this book.
The fin...more...]]> 3 0 false true Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 09:01:57 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 10:07:50 -0700 2009 ...he who thinks, what's more, he who makes thought his business, he may go far in it, but he has bartered the solid earth for the water all the same, and one day he will drown. [p21:]
Exactly, and I'm afraid my approach is not to stray too deep into the water - I am officially shallow: I don't...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 08 05:13:19 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 05:14:32 -0700 2009
Mais c'est un loup à visage humain, à la fois le fauve libre à l'instinct sauvage et carnassier et cet homme sensible, doué d'une grande i...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 10:42:20 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 11:02:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 11 16:34:08 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 16:35:40 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 16:34:08 -0700 2009
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