Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse #joyce

Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse #joyce'One of his masterpieces . . . without doubt a great novel' Guardian One of Hermann Hesse's greatest novels, Narcissus and Goldmund is an extraordinary recreation of the Middle Ages, contrasting the careers of two friends, one of whom shuns life in a monastery and goes on the road, tangled in the extremes of life in a world dominated by sin, plague and war, the other staying in the monastery and struggling, with equal difficulty, to lead a life of

a married woman he loved in his youth

SHORTLISTED for the Sainsbury's Book Award and numerous regional awards

With an Introduction by Biyi Bandele

there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye

just as fundamentalist interpretation has centered on the question of the appropriateness of reading it as literally true

the debut in a body of work that would inspire Peter Straub to hail Aickman as 'this century's most profound writer of what we call horror stories

now sharing one land

Which animal has the most eyes

Set in Mexico City during the early fifties

DuckworthISBN: 9780715655627Extent: 352 pages

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