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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherHolt & Company, Henry
ISBN-100312278497
ISBN-139780312278496
eBay Product ID (ePID)2304771
Product Key Features
Book TitleGlass Bead Game : (Magister Ludi) a Novel
Number of Pages576 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
TopicLiterary
FeaturesRevised
GenreFiction
AuthorHermann Hesse
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-035542
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"...a genre blend of science fiction, fantasy, and fictional biography, leavened with musicology, poetry, and Hesse's unique swirl of Eastern and Western philosophy." - The American Scholar
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisThe 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 23rd 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).