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Hesse, Hermann (Author); Ziolkowski, Theodore; Manheim, Ralph & Lindley, Denver (Translators) : Stories Of Five Decades

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York City, NY, 1972

ISBN 0374270503

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 328 pages. Retrospective collection of short stories. One of the greatest story collections of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Franklin Mint Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Hermann Hesse's "Stories of Five Decades" in a felicitous English translation. Twenty-three of Hermann Hesse's finest and most representative short stories, in one handsome volume. There is NO equivalent collection in the original German, and except for three of them, all of the pieces appear in English translation for the very first time. "Traces Hesse's development from the aestheticism of his youth through the Realism and Surrealism of the next decades to the Classicism of his old age. The greatest surprise is to see how faithful he remained to his essential self from first to last. Even as he tests and discards literary modes, he consistently rejects external 'reality' for the sake of an inner world created by the imagination. A rewarding display of the full range of his storytelling as it blossomed over a lifetime" (Publisher's blurb). "In these wonderful and illuminating pages we encounter once again Emil Sinclair, Siddhartha, Harry Haller, Goldmund, and Joseph Knecht" (Theodore Ziolkowski). An absolute "must-have" title for Hermann Hesse collectors. This title is a great collection. This is one of few copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. . ISBN 0374270503.

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