The Glass Bead Game

by Hesse, Hermann

The Glass Bead Game is the last work and magnum opus of the German author Hermann Hesse. Begun in 1931 and published in Switzerland in 1943, after being rejected for publication in Nazi Germany, the book was mentioned in Hesse's citation for the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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The Glass Bead Game Hermann Hesse 9780312278496- PB The Glass Bead Game, Hermann Hesse, Published by (Picador) Henry Holt & Company, New York, translated from German by Richard and Clara Winston with Forward by Theodore Ziolkowski....Original copyright 1943, translation copyright 1969. Fifth printing paperback, ISBN 0312278497...Set in the 23rd century, "The glass bead game" is the story of Joseph Knecht,… Read more about this item
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Hesse, Hermann. The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi). New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston , 1969. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine price-clipped dust jacket. The Glass Bead Game is an ultra-aesthetic game which is played by the scholars, creamed off in childhood and nurtured in elite schools, in the province of… Read more about this item
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The Glass Bead Game

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Paperback / softback. New. In the remote Kingdom of Castalia, the scholars of the Twenty Third century play the Glass Bead Game. The elaborately coded game is a fusion of all human knowledge - of maths, music, philosophy, science, and art. Intrigued as a school boy, Joseph Knecht becomes consumed with mastering the game as an adult.
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The Glass Bead Game: Magister Ludi

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