by Hermann Hesse · PLAZA & JANES · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401302626
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«El juego de los abalorios» is the novel by Hermann Hesse, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (474 pages, in Spanish).
Set in a distant future, it follows Josef Knecht, a scholar who dedicates his life to the Glass Bead Game, a system that integrates music, mathematics and philosophy as a path to knowledge and meditation. Written in the form of a biography, the work reflects on spirituality, education, culture and the place of the individual in a society that prioritizes knowledge over personal ambition.
Published in 1979. Original title: «Das Glasperlenspiel», translated from German by Mariano S. Luque. Hermann Hesse was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946.
For readers of classic fiction interested in twentieth-century European narrative and the work of Nobel laureate Hermann Hesse.
Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature. His interest in Eastern religious, spiritual, and philosophical traditions, combined with his involvement with Jungian analysis, helped shape his literary work. His best-known novels include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, Narcissus and Goldmund, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge, and spirituality.
