Publisher's Synopsis
A renowned pacifist, a seeker of the truth and a writer of prose, Hermann Hesse won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. Most of his life was spent in exile, where he wrote the works which, after his death, were to make him the hero of the younger generation - such books as "The Glass Bead Game", "Siddharta", "Steppenwolf" and "Jourmey to the East". This book covers many aspects of his life including his childhood in Calw, his journey to the East Indies and his life in Switzerland.
