{"product_id":"knulp-three-tales-from-the-life-of-knulp-9781478200208","title":"Knulp: Three Tales from the Life of Knulp","description":"\u003cb\u003eKnulp\u003c\/b\u003e is the eternal drifter, a true drop-out of an earlier time. Originally published in Germany in 1915, \u003cb\u003eKnulp\u003c\/b\u003e was \u003cb\u003eHermann Hesse\u003c\/b\u003e's most popular book in the years before he published \u003cb\u003eDemian\u003c\/b\u003e. During the 1950's, the book was influential on \u003cb\u003eJack Kerouac\u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003cb\u003e\"On the Road\"\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\"The Dharma Bums\"\u003c\/b\u003e as well as othe \u003cb\u003eBeat Generation\u003c\/b\u003e authors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the 1960s and 1970'sn \u003cb\u003eHesse\u003c\/b\u003e became a cult figure among young American readers and in 1968 the Californian rock group \u003cb\u003eSteppenwolf\u003c\/b\u003e, which was named after \u003cb\u003eHesse\u003c\/b\u003e's other classic, released \u003cb\u003e'Born to be Wild'\u003c\/b\u003e, which was featured in the film \u003cb\u003eEasy Rider\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With profound understanding and sympathy, but also with some irony, \u003cb\u003eHesse\u003c\/b\u003e portrays \u003cb\u003eKnulp\u003c\/b\u003e's life journey, his love affairs and his questioning of life. The novel reaches a final powerful climax when \u003cb\u003eGod\u003c\/b\u003e reveals to \u003cb\u003eKnulp\u003c\/b\u003e that the purpose of his life was to bring a little nostalgia for freedom into the lives of ordinary men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHermann Hesse, who is ranked with the great masters of contemporary literature, was born in Wurttemberg in 1877. He intended to follow in the footsteps of his father, a Protestant pastor and missionary, but rebelled against traditional academic education and worked as a bookseller, antique dealer and mechanic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After his first novel, Peter Camenzind, was published in 1904 he devoted himself to writing. In 1919, as a protest against German militarism, he moved to Switzerland, where he lived in self-imposed exile until his death in 1962. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hesse was strongly influenced by his interest in music, the psychoanalytic theories of Jung, and Eastern thought. He wrote: \"My political faith is that of a democrat, my world outlook that of an individualist.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hesse's best-known works include Knulp, Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, Klinsor's Last Summer, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. In 1946, Hermann Hesse received the Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50676417298706,"sku":"9781478200208","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30e83189-cacd-4adf-986d-2ee45a7c8ca5.jpg?v=1733879232","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/knulp-three-tales-from-the-life-of-knulp-9781478200208","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}