About this title: This coming-of-age novel follows the early years of Hans Giebenrath, a sensitive and intelligent German boy sent to school at a Lutheran seminary. There he becomes close to the rebellious poet Herman Heilner, who makes Hans see how narrow his world had been. It is an understanding that comes at a high price, however, as both Herman and Hans are ...
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Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear; pages are unmarked. SHIPS NEXT DAY. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780553238372ISBN:055323837X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 1981 Bantam paperback. NOT EX LIB! Clean pages with light reading wear, pages are very lightly tanned, barely creased spine, mild edgewear, a little cover scuffing. Nice. 216 p. Glued binding. read more
Edition: American ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780374507480ISBN:0374507481
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Free of marks, names, or creases. Cover Very Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Audience: General/trade. We ship new orders daily. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Free upgrade to First Class mail. Older book with no marks, names, or creases. Some page tanning due to age. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Noonday Press, New York
Date Published: 1970
Description: Fair. No dust jacket. Ex-library, typical markings. Pages tanned and tight, text clean. Edges stamped, soiled and stained. Pictorial boards are worn with scratches, scuffs, edge wear and stains. Spine has moderate tilt. Sound book and ideal reading... 187 p. Hardcover. 187 p. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780553238372ISBN:055323837X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Book has some wear and aging, cover lightly tanned, otherwise in good solid shape. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780553238372ISBN:055323837X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. SSMALL TEAR ON EDGE OF COVER, OTHERWISE FINE CONDITION. CLEAN AND TIGHT BOOK. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. SMALL TEAR ON EDGE OF COVER, OTHERWISE FINE CONDITION. CLEAN AND TIGHT BOOK. "HERMANN HESSES'S SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BENEATH THE WHEEL, IS A TOUCHSTONE IN THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR'S LIFELONG EXAMINATION OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN SELF-AFFIRMATION AND SELF-DESTRUCTION". PAPERBACK-HESS, 1970, 4TH PRINTING ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Noonday Press
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good. ---187 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The soft cover has only light signs of use. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Noonday Press
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good. ---187 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The soft cover has light signs of use. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart Inc
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. ---187 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The soft cover has only light signs of aging. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1968
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. some edge wear, binding flexible, clean pages, Text in English, German. 187 p.; 22 cm. Translation of Unterm Rad. read more
"The writing is wonderful. The descriptions of a 1900s village, natural environment, and people are outstanding. Hans Giebenrath is a sympathetic protagonist. He is pushed into academia and does not develop emotional ties with people. It is a strange concept that parents, teachers, and clergy all get behind one person and make such demands. It is a bygone culture or asian style. It was a well paced nervous breakdown. The character got in touch with his own needs.
After that he glorifies physical labor. It is a novel of extremes and the resolution is kind of annoying. But these are things the author struggled with as a person."
"An early Hesse text, but very good. HH was very popular in the '60s but I get the impression he has lost much of his following (the library's copies of HH's works are mostly editions from the '60s or early '70s). I'd like to go back to the Magic Theatre myself."
"Another one of those books I might have to read again. Maybe I just didn't understand it at the time, but I remember it being very boring and pointless. Makes me wonder why they make you read all those books in school when all you remember of them is the struggle to get to the end..."
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