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The Glass Bead Game
- Author
- Hermann Hesse
- Narrator
- David Colacci
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 8 October 2008
- Run Time
- 21 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature
Set in the twenty-third century, The Glass Bead Game 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).
Critics Review
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“An intricate bildungsroman about humanity’s eternal quest for enlightenment and for synthesis of the intellectual and the participatory life.”
Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
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“While the length may seem daunting, Colacci's voice remains fresh through the 17th CD of this captivating novel.”
School Library Journal
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Details
- Author
- Hermann Hesse
- Narrator
- David Colacci
- Duration
- 21 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 October 2008
- ISBN
- 9781602834996
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction
Synopsis
The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literatureSet in the twenty-third century, The Glass Bead Game 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).
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