01624cam a2200289 4500 264362014 TxAuBib 20160608120000.0 020911s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002035546 9780312278670 0312278675 (OCoLC)50669950 TxAuBib eng ger Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962. Steppenwolf English. Steppenwolf [paperback] / Hermann Hesse. 1st Picador USA ed. New York : Picador, 2002. vi, 218 p. ; 21 cm. With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesse's best-known and most autobiographical work is one of literature's most poetic evocations of the soul's journey to liberation Harry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconcile the wild primeval wolf and the rational man within himself without surrendering to the bourgeois values he despises. His life changes dramatically when he meets a woman who is his opposite, the carefree and elusive Hermine. The tale of the Steppenwolf culminates in the surreal Magic Theater―For Madmen Only! Originally published in English in 1929, Steppenwolf 's wisdom continues to speak to our souls and marks it as a classic of modern literature. 20160608. Civilization, Western Fiction. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol031/2002035546.html TXLMP