The Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game is also known as Magister Ludi.
Original title: Das Glasperlenspiel (1943).
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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Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) was a German Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946 he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best-known works include Siddhartha (1922), Steppenwolf (1927), and The Glass Bead Game (1943) which explore an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality.
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