Beneath the Wheel
of Hermann Hesse, Michael E. Roloff (Translator)
Description
In Hermann Hesse's Beneath the Wheel or The Prodigy, Hans Giebenrath lives among the dull and respectable townsfolk of a sleepy Black Forest village. When he is discovered to be an exceptionally gifted student, the entire community presses him onto a path of serious scholarship. Hans dutifully follows the regimen of tireless study and endless examinations, his success rewarded only with more crushing assignments. When Hans befriends a rebellious young poet, he begins to imagine other possibilities outside the narrowly circumscribed world of the academy. Finally sent home after a nervous breakdown, Hans is revived by nature and romance, and vows never to return to the gray conformity of the academic system.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192 pages
- Publisher Picador
- Publication Date July 1st 2003
- First Publication 10/28/06
- Language English
- ISBN 9780312422301
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Germany', 'Maulbronn (Germany)', 'Stuttgart (Germany)', 'Bielach (Germany)']
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