9/17/2023 0 Comments Steppenwolf hermann hesse pdf![]() ![]() ![]() As morbid as this sounds, he manages to clarify thoughts of suicide with reason and some tiny fraction of hope. Harry Haller is a gifted, social misfit with gout who contemplates suicide on the eve of his 50th birthday. By inculcating this into his characters they engage us. The dark in us is just as valuable as the light. He unflinchingly looks at sometimes unlikable characters and teases out the underlying human that is common to us all. Hesse’s literature is poetic prose meeting philosophy rendering a dream-like story that engages the imagination. His three books, Siddhartha, The Glass Bead Game, and Steppenwolf have all held great appeal to me and stood the test of time. To ‘know’ oneself, one’s motivations, failings, and strengths is to be compassionate with yourself. I credit Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf with my lifelong pursuit of self-examination. ![]()
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