{"product_id":"narcissus-and-goldmund-by-hermann-hesse","title":"Narcissus and Goldmund","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Hermann Hesse\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Ursule Molinaro\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Hesse was a great writer in precisely the modern sense: complex, subtle, allusive; alive to the importance of play, to the desperate yet frolicsome game of writing....\u003cem\u003eNarcissus and Goldmund\u003c\/em\u003e is his very best....What makes this short book so limitlessly vast is the body-and-soul-shaking debate that runs through it, which it has the honesty and courage not to resolve: between the flesh and spirit, art and scientific or religious speculation, action and contemplation, between the wayfaring and the sedentary in us.”—\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“One of the most profound and magical novels published in our age.”—\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHermann Hesse's \u003cem\u003eNarcissus and Goldmund \u003c\/em\u003eis the story of a passionate yet uneasy friendship between two men of opposite character. Narcissus, an ascetic instructor at a cloister school, has devoted himself solely to scholarly and spiritual pursuits. One of his students is the sensual, restless Goldmund, who is immediately drawn to his teacher’s fierce intellect and sense of discipline. When Narcissus persuades the young student that he is not meant for a life of self-denial, Goldmund sets off in pursuit of aesthetic and physical pleasures, a path that leads him to a final, unexpected reunion with Narcissus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e315 pages\u003cbr\u003ePicador Publishing, 2003\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1930\u003cbr\u003e0.8 x 5.4 x 8.4 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780312421670\u003cbr\u003eHistorical Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":544034381,"sku":"9780312421670","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Narcissus-and-Goldmund_Hermann-Hesse.jpg?v=1593187461","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/narcissus-and-goldmund-by-hermann-hesse","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}