Der Zauberer. Fragmente zu einem Roman.
by Hermann Hesse
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Der Zauberer. Fragmente zu einem Roman，on the cover merely Der Zauberer is a small hardcover volume in the Bibliothek Suhrkamp series, of just under 120 pages. It consists of three texts of each about 30 pages: "Der Zauberer", "Kurzgefasster Lebenslauf" and "Kindheid des Zauberers" followed by an afterword.
Although the first text, "Der Zauberer" was written in 1921 as the first part of a novel, intented as "Aus dem Leben eines Zauberers" the publishers suggestion that all three texts are fragments of this planned but never written novel is stretched. In fact, the tone and style of the second text, "Kurzgefasster Lebenslauf", is very different much less dreamy than the style of the first and third texts. "Kindheid des Zauberers" was show more written in 1923, apparently separately from the first text and was published as a novella.
All three prose texts were separately published or read to audiences. Readers familiar with the work of Hesse will recognize that many of his writings contain autobiographical elements and together constitute a Gesamtkunstwerk. These three texts are each very beautiful, but three together, on essentially the same period, in much the same style and same diction ask for separate reading, and the texts should not be seen as part of a whole lost or unwritten work.
It is a bit confusing that Thomas Mann is often described as "Der Zauberer". show less
Although the first text, "Der Zauberer" was written in 1921 as the first part of a novel, intented as "Aus dem Leben eines Zauberers" the publishers suggestion that all three texts are fragments of this planned but never written novel is stretched. In fact, the tone and style of the second text, "Kurzgefasster Lebenslauf", is very different much less dreamy than the style of the first and third texts. "Kindheid des Zauberers" was show more written in 1923, apparently separately from the first text and was published as a novella.
All three prose texts were separately published or read to audiences. Readers familiar with the work of Hesse will recognize that many of his writings contain autobiographical elements and together constitute a Gesamtkunstwerk. These three texts are each very beautiful, but three together, on essentially the same period, in much the same style and same diction ask for separate reading, and the texts should not be seen as part of a whole lost or unwritten work.
It is a bit confusing that Thomas Mann is often described as "Der Zauberer". show less
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Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877 -- August 9, 1962) was a German poet, novelist, essayist and painter. His best-known works included Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Hess publicly show more announced his views on the savagery of World War I, and was considered a traitor. He moved to Switzerland where he eventually became a naturalized citizen. He warned of the advent of World War II, predicting that cultureless efficiency would destroy the modern world. His theme was usually the conflict between the elements of a person's dual nature and the problem of spiritual loneliness. His first novel, Peter Camenzind, was published in 1904. His masterpiece, Death and the Lover (1930), contrasts a scholarly abbot and his beloved pupil, who leaves the monastery for the adventurous world. Steppenwolf (1927), a European bestseller, was published when defeated Germany had begun to plan for another war. It is the story of Haller, who recognizes in himself the blend of the human and wolfish traits of the completely sterile scholarly project. During the 1960s Hesse became a favorite writer of the counter culture, especially in the United States, though his critical reputation has never equaled his popularity. Hermann Hesse died in 1962. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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