{"product_id":"the-glass-bead-game-by-hermann-hesse","title":"The Glass Bead Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Hermann Hesse\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Richard and Clara Winston\u003cbr\u003eWith a foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"...a genre blend of science fiction, fantasy, and fictional biography, leavened with musicology, poetry, and Hesse’s unique swirl of Eastern and Western philosophy.\"—\u003cem\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, \u003cem\u003eThe Glass Bead Game\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the 23rd century, \u003cem\u003eThe Glass Bead Game\u003c\/em\u003e 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e576 pages\u003cbr\u003ePicador Publishing, 2002\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1943\u003cbr\u003e5.6 x 1 x 8.2 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780312278496\u003cbr\u003eFiction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":544005957,"sku":"9780312278496","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Hesse_The_Glass_Bead_Game.jpg?v=1634929918","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/the-glass-bead-game-by-hermann-hesse","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}