by Hermann Hesse · Espasa Calpe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423909254
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«Gertrudis» is the novel by Hermann Hesse published by Espasa Calpe in 1979 in paperback (164 pages, in Spanish).
Kuhn, a young composer, sees his career as a violinist cut short after injuring his hand and throws himself into music. His encounter with Gertrudis, a married woman, awakens intense and contradictory feelings in him. Between friendship, love and creation, the novel explores the artist's solitude and acceptance of fate, with a psychological gaze characteristic of Hesse.
This edition is the fifth of the Austral Collection from Espasa-Calpe; the cover features Hermann Hesse as Nobel Prize in Literature 1946.
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.
