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A vaguely-described game that symbolizes all human knowledge is the device for a boring fictional future biography.
Picador, 1943, 558 pages
( Whenever I hear of German philosophy, I reach for my gun. To shoot myself. )
Also by Hermann Hesse: My review of Steppenwolf.
My complete list of book reviews.
Picador, 1943, 558 pages
Set in the 23rd century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, which 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).
( Whenever I hear of German philosophy, I reach for my gun. To shoot myself. )
Also by Hermann Hesse: My review of Steppenwolf.
My complete list of book reviews.
