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I am not sure how many books I have read by Hermann Hesse, five or six maybe.
Rosshalde is the story of a famous artist whose marriage is holding on by a thread, that thread being his young son. That's all I am going to say about the plot of the story.
I liked the book well enough, I just wish Hesse had made the story a bit longer. No matter how many books I have read by Hesse, or how long they are, I feel like he never quite finishes his story. He leaves me a little disappointed. ...more
Rosshalde is the story of a famous artist whose marriage is holding on by a thread, that thread being his young son. That's all I am going to say about the plot of the story.
I liked the book well enough, I just wish Hesse had made the story a bit longer. No matter how many books I have read by Hesse, or how long they are, I feel like he never quite finishes his story. He leaves me a little disappointed. ...more
This novella examines the plight of successful painter Johann Veraguth who has settled with his family on a German country estate, Rosshalde, but is estranged from his wife and rooted only by his love for his younger son, a child of seven. A visiting friend tries to persuade him to enlarge his horizons by travelling to Asia, but he would have to leave little Pierre behind.
Family life is not often seen as being in conflict with success/fulfillment in the lives of men but much more frequently in ...more
Family life is not often seen as being in conflict with success/fulfillment in the lives of men but much more frequently in ...more
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