Only a few German writers of the twentieth century have enjoyed worldwide acclaim. Undisputably numbered among these are Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, and Hermann Hesse. Hesse's major works have been translated into some thirty-five languages...
Only a few German writers of the twentieth century have enjoyed worldwide acclaim. Undisputably numbered among these are Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, and Hermann Hesse. Hesse's major works have been translated into some thirty-five languages...
Hermann Hesse, the most widely translated German author of the twentieth century, authored what he liked to call "biographies of the soul." Though many of his best-known works were novels, they were largely autobiographical, and centered recurrently on o...
The Glass Bead Game (German: Das Glasperlenspiel) is the last work and magnum opus of the German author Hermann Hesse. Begun in 1931 and published in Switzerland in 1943, the book was mentioned in Hesse's citation for the 1946 Nobel Prize for...
Caroline Kenner is one of the few to have played the Glass Bead Game. Just before Halloween a year ago, the Silver Spring bibliophile and publicist opened her on-line match of ricocheting intellects by evoking the holiday spirit. She made her first move...
Pared down minimalism has had its day. Last year a slip-dress had to be simple and unadorned , worn with natural make-up, and no jewellery. Now the same dress is likely to be scattered with tiny sparkling beads, accessorized with a beaded necklace, and...
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