false 16634 46 The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literatureSet in the 23rd century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game). 2959456 book 1943 The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel total:2499|5:1037|4:795|3:487|2:130|1:50| 2499 10136 3843 211 5 5 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jul 23 22:03:40 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 09 23:01:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Mon Jul 16 11:23:46 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 29 03:31:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 02 15:30:27 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 12 09:50:48 -0700 2008 Steppenwolf, Siddhartha and Demian, on a rotating yearly basis. That said, I have often ...more...]]> 1 3 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sun Mar 22 12:07:35 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 15:47:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 11:41:46 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 23 16:14:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Fri Jan 09 12:54:05 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 10:31:43 -0800 2009
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Much of the book is about abstract thoughts, ideas... scholar philosophy... I can handle that for some amount of time, but not for so many pages.

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Set in a vague future, Joseph Knecht lived in Castalia, a utopian nation focused on lifelong intellectual a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1996 Tue Mar 17 06:27:55 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 14:08:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:48:31 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 01:04:16 -0700 2009 إنه مثال للألعاب الدما المربوطة بالخيوط
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I'll start with the blog entry I wrote for the book club after the first week of reading:

We discussed whether or not the translation matters (ostensibly it does), but Sam made the insightful point that it probably doesn’t matter u...more...]]>