by Hermann Hesse · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804483342
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«Narciso e Boccadoro» is the novel by Hermann Hesse, published by Mondadori in paperback (353 pages, in Italian).
Set in the Middle Ages, the novel pits Narciso, an ascetic monk, against Boccadoro, a romantic young man who seeks the meaning of life through beauty and passions. Between them arises a debate between flesh and spirit, art and religion, action and contemplation.
Italian edition of «Narziß und Goldmund», originally published in 1930, translated by Cristina Baseggio. Volume 2 of the Miti Novecento collection.
Readers of European literary classics and philosophical fiction interested in the conflict between the contemplative life and experience.
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.
