by Hermann Hesse · Seix Barral · tapa dura · ISBN 9788432221682
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«Narciso y Goldmundo» is the novel by Hermann Hesse, published by Seix Barral in hardcover (287 pages, in Spanish).
The novel contrasts two friends: Narciso, a scholar in a medieval monastery, embodies intellectual rigor; Goldmundo, a wandering artist, embodies passion and sensory experience. Their relationship becomes an allegory of human duality and a reflection on friendship, spirituality and the meaning of life.
The work was originally published in 1930 as Narziß und Goldmund. This Seix Barral edition is from 1983 and belongs to the Obras Maestras de la Literatura Contemporánea collection.
Suitable for readers of twentieth-century classics and philosophical literature focused on human duality.
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.
