The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel
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- Seller:Goodwill BookWorks
- Sales Rank:27,562
- Media:Paperback
- Number Of Items:1
- Pages:576
- Shipping Weight (lbs):1.1
- Dimensions (in):8.2 x 5.6 x 1.1
- Publication Date:December 6, 2002
- ISBN:0312278497
- Dewey Decimal Number:833.912
- EAN:9780312278496
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Condition:A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers is included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins.
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Synopsis
The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature
Set in the 23rd century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game).
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