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Name: Steppenwolf
Author: Hermann Hesse
Year: 1927
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Popularity: 8.8
Genres/categories: Fiction, Classic, Philosophy, Fantasy, Psychology
Culture: Germany

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ISBN:
9780312278670
9780805012477
9780805013177
9781602833517
0312278675
0805012478
0805013172
1602833516
Steppenwolf is a poetical self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf.
This Faust-like and magical story is evidence of Hesse's searching philosophy and extraordinary sense of humanity as he tells of the humanization of a middle-aged misanthrope. Yet this novel can also be seen as a plea for rigorous self-examination and an indictment of the intellectual hypocrisy of the period.
As Hesse himself remarked, "Of all my books Steppenwolf is the one that was more often and more violently misunderstood than any other".
About the author:
Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. His best known works include "Steppenwolf", "Siddhartha", and "The Glass Bead Game" which explore an individual's search for spirituality outside society.
In his time, Hesse was a popular and influential author in the German-speaking world; worldwide fame only came later.
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