About this title: Few American readers seem to be aware that Hermann Hesse, author of the epic novels "Steppenwolf "and "Siddhartha," among many others, also wrote poetry, the best of which the poet James Wright has translated and included in this book. This is a special volume--filled with short, direct poems about love, death, loneliness, the seasons--that is imbued with some of the imagery and feeling of Hesse's novels but that has a clarity and resonance all its own, a sense of longing for love and for home that is both deceptively simple and deeply moving.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: A Bantam Book
Date Published: 1974
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover wear (a few scratches) and dents. VG spine; clean inside. 79 p. White covers, artistic portrait of Hesse on cover (no credit). Translator Wright is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Hesse is better known for his fiction, Steppenwolf, Demian, Siddhartha. read more
Edition: Cape Editions
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780224005555ISBN:0224005553
Description: Good. Poetry. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" Tall. Translation from the German by James Wright. This volume is in good condition. It appears unread or even unopened. The covers have a little bit of soiling. read more
Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780374508449ISBN:0374508445
Description: Very Good Plus. NOT highlighted or a library disgard! ! ! IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. Some yellowing of pages as is usually the case with this item-otherwise as described. read more
Description: Acceptable. Cover has a few marks/spots. Corners are a little bent/rounded on cover. Cover has some light wear and tear on the edges. Cover has a little wear and. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Noonday, NY
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780374508449ISBN:0374508445
Description: Very Good. 5.5" x 8" 79 pp. Fourth printing. Bilingual edition. Translated by James Wright. Light surface creasing upper left corner of front cover. Light bump and damp-stain lower right corner of back cover. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Noonday
Date Published: 1971
Description: Near fine illustrated stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. A bilingual edition. Neat owner's name to opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1970
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780374508449ISBN:0374508445
Description: ISBN 0374508445. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy except for price neatly blacked out on front and back covers, with minor rubs and creases to edges and corners of covers, slight browning to edges of interior pages. Second printing. Text in German and English. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Noonday Press, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Text in English, German. 79 p. 22 cm. "German text selected from Die Gedichte (in Gesammelte Schriften). " German and English. read more
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780374526412. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. 1970 Noonday paperback-stated First Edition-bilingual-some staining to cover and page edge-otherwise binding fine contents clean-enjoy. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Johnathan Cape, London
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780224015486ISBN:0224015486
Description: Near Fine. EAN: 9780224015486. 0224015486 79 pp. Gift note to the half title page, else fine. Bilingual German-English. Mountains at Night: "The lake has died down, / The reed, black in its sleep, / Whispers in a dream. / Expanding immensely into the countryside, / The mountains loom, outspread. / They are not resting. / They breathe deeply, and hold themselves, / Pressed tightly, to one another. / Deeply Breathing, / Laden with mute forces, / caught in a wasting passion. Quantity Available: 1 ... read more
""To Cheryl - On The Happiest Of Days, Love Michael" - that is what is handwritten inside the cover of my copy of this book, which I purchased at a used bookstore. I always wondered what the "happiest of days" was - a wedding? Birthday? Anniversary? Well, Michael's pretty cool for having gifted Cheryl this book of poetry - it is a wonderful collection of verses."
I like the dark night well enough; But sometimes, when it turns bleak And peaked, as my suffering laughs at me Its dreadful kingdom horrifies me, And I wish to God I could take one look at the sunlight And the blue of heaven brought back to light by its clouds, And I want to lie down warm in the wide spaces of the day. Then I can dream of the night.
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