by Hermann Hesse · Suhrkamp Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518365526
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«Unterm Rad» is the bildungsroman by German writer Hermann Hesse, published by Suhrkamp Verlag in paperback (176 pages, in German).
School novel following Hans Giebenrath, a gifted boy who grows up under pressure from his father and the education system to excel in exams. He enters a seminary, where he befriends Hermann Heilner, a rebellious classmate who shares his love of poetry and music; that friendship and academic rigour will shape his fate.
Work originally published in 1906; this edition is number 52 of the Suhrkamp Taschenbuch series (1972).
Recommended for readers of German classics and for those interested in coming-of-age literature and criticism of authoritarian education.
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.
