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The Glass Bead Game (German: Das Glasperlenspiel, pronounced [das ˈɡlaːspɛʁlənˌʃpiːl] ⓘ) is the last full-length novel by the German author Hermann Hesse. It was begun in 1931 in Switzerland, where it was published in 1943 after being rejected for publication in Germany due to Hesse's anti- Fascist views. [1]
- Hermann Hesse
- 1943
Set in the twenty-third 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.
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The Glass Bead Game, final novel by Hermann Hesse, published in two volumes in 1943 in German as Das Glasperlenspiel and sometimes translated as Magister Ludi. The book is an intricate bildungsroman about humanity’s eternal quest for enlightenment and for synthesis of the intellectual and the active life.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 12, 2022 · A review of Hesse's last novel, a utopian bildungsroman set in 2200, where a spiritual elite plays a universal game of music and mathematics. The novel explores the conflict between eternity and time, and the fate of a gifted player who leaves the enclave to face history and nature.
Learn about the glass bead game, a symbol of intellectual and spiritual unity in Hermann Hesse's novel. Follow the journey of Joseph Knecht, a musical prodigy who becomes the magister ludi of the Castalian order.
In the remote Kingdom of Castalia, the scholars of the Twenty Third century play the Glass Bead Game. The elaborately coded game is a fusion of all human knowledge - of...
A book review site recommends The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse, a novel about a futuristic society where people play a complex intellectual game. The review quotes other experts who praise the book for its themes of mathematics, philosophy, and music.
