Story of a famous artist whose creativity is stifled by an empty marriage to which he is bound until freed by the death of his adored son.

Story of a famous artist whose creativity is stifled by an empty marriage to which he is bound until freed by the death of his adored son.

Rosshalde is the classic story of a man torn between obligations to his family and his longing for a spiritual fulfillment that can only be found outside the co

"A critical biography far surpassing the previous ones."--Times Higher Education Supplement "There are to be sure many writers whose biographies are more intere

Against Nazi dictatorship,the disillusionment of Weimar, and Christian austerity, Hermann Hesse’s stories inspired a nonconformist yearning for universal valu