by Hermann Hesse · Milano, Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804408895
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Narcissus and Goldmund is a novel by German writer Hermann Hesse, published in 1930. The story explores the friendship between two men with opposite personalities: Narcissus, an ascetic intellectual, and Goldmund, a sensual and vagabond artist. Through their travels and experiences, the novel examines themes such as the duality between spirit and flesh, the search for the meaning of existence, and the reconciliation of opposites.
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.
