In 1962, just after Hermann Hesse had died of a heart attack at the age of 85, the German newspaper Die Zeit wrote that the author had become obsolete. The paper, however, would eat its words. In ...

$39.95) English-language scholars have contributed almost as much to an understanding of the life and work of Hermann Hesse as have German ones. Since the appearance in 1978 of major biographies ...

“Before your LSD session, read Siddartha and Steppenwolf," advised Timothy Leary. By John Gray Writing to the woman who would become his third wife, Hermann Hesse complained: “Life for me now holds ...

Harper Lee, JD Salinger, DH Lawrence, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Hermann Hesse are writers whose novels are often wolfed down in the feeding frenzy of teenhood and remembered later as part of the ...

with high mountains in the background and the ringing of cowbells. Following the paths taken by Hermann Hesse: Val Fex in SilsImage: picture-alliance/dpa/C. Oelrich The Waldhaus Hotel has ...