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Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
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Narcissus and Goldmund

by Hermann Hesse

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Romantik und Psychologie: "Narziss und Goldmund" schrieb Hesse 1930. Die Gefahr des Faschismus zog in Europa langsam heran, und Hesse wollte mit der Darstellung der beiden Hauptcharaktere, das Positive am "deutschen Wesen" manifestieren: den Denker und den Künstler.
Das Buch lebt von einer (für Hesse typischen) poetischen Erzählweise.

Es beschreibt die einzigartige Freundschaft von Narziß und Goldmund.
Narziss ist der Denker, der Geistliche, der Gelehrte, der Beherrschte und weise spätere Abt in einem Kloster, Goldmund der Unbezähmbare, Freiheitsliebende, der hinaus in die Welt will, der Feurige mit der glühenden Leidenschaft und der Lust nach Frauen, der Suchende nach seiner Verwirklichung und dem Mythos seiner Mutter.
Die zwei könnten unterschiedlicher kaum sein, und trotzdem entwickeln sie eine beinahe magische Freundschaft zueinander. Sie stärken sich gegenseitig (mehr oder weniger bewusst) in ihrem Bemühen, den jeweils richtigen Weg zu finden.

Hesse zeigt in diesem Buch, dass sowohl die schönen als auch die grausamen Seiten des Lebens ihren Sinn haben - ohne beide würde es dieses gar nicht geben. Jede Seite ergänzt die andere. Wie eben auch die beiden Freunde lernen, dass gerade ihre Individualität sie selbst und die Freundschaft ausmacht.

Ich finde es beeindruckend, wie Hesse diese beiden Charaktere langsam herausarbeitet, und ihnen Leben einhaucht. Er hat es wieder einmal geschafft, mich in den verträumten und malerischen Sog seiner Erzählung zu ziehen.
Das Buch beeindruckt mit der herrlich poetischen Leichtigkeit, mit der Hesse seine Figuren, Orte und Erlebnisse beschreibt!

Eindrucksvoll hat dieser begnadete Autor mich auf eine Reise durch unsere Welt, Fragen nach dem Sinn und eigentlichen Inhalt des Lebens geführt.
  r1hard | Nov 22, 2009 |
As for Demian, not interesting if you're older than 16. Present from Hugo ( )
  nakiki | Nov 21, 2009 |
In this work Hesse is writing in full stride. Wonderful narrative,fully realized characters and deep philosophical insights informing example of "literature" in the best sense of the word.
Hesse gives us two friends who are archetypes for the pursuit of the examined life and contrasts them. One is of the world and the other in the monastic tradition.
In one way Hesse is presenting the choices each thoughtful person must make and the benefits and problems with living in religion or the mind on the one hand and the world on the other. Otherwise this is a fine presentation of friendship.
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  Seamusoz | Oct 9, 2009 |
A tale about the friendship between an ascetic monk and a sensual wanderer that juxtaposes the realms of disciplined thought and unrestrained indulgence, showing the reconciliation of the two through art. A mad, beautiful, and dangerous work. My favorite Hesse novel in equal standing alongside Demian. ( )
  poetontheone | Jul 20, 2009 |
Inspirational one.
Lots of words of wisdom here... The opposition between what one wants to be in life and what he really is. ( )
  Myhi | Jul 2, 2009 |
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Isolated here in the North, planted long ago by a Roman pilgrim, a chestnut grew, strong and solitary, by the colonnade of rounded double arches at the entrance to the cloister of Mariabronn: a noble, vigorous tree, the sweep of its foliage drooping tenderly, facing the winds in bold and quiet assurance; so tardy in spring that when all glowed green around it and event the cloister nut trees wore their russet, it awaited the shortest nights to thrust forth, through little tufts of leaves, the dim exotic rays of its blossom, and in October, after wine and harvests had long been gathered, let drop the prickly fruits from its yellowing crown; fruits which did not ripen every year, for which the cloister schoolboys fought one another, and which Gregory, the Italian sub-prior, burned amid the logs of his fireplace.
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Narcissus and Goldmund is the story of a passionate yet uneasy friendship between two men of opposite character. Narcissus, an ascetic instructor at a cloister school, has devoted himself solely to scholarly and spiritual pursuits. One of his students is the sensual, restless Goldmund, who is immediately drawn to his teacher’s fierce intellect and sense of discipline. When Narcissus persuades the young student that he is not meant for a life of self-denial, Goldmund sets off in pursuit of aesthetic and physical pleasures, a path that leads him to a final, unexpected reunion with Narcissus.

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