This novel is based on Hesse’s own experiences of a narrow and uncaring education. Hans Giebenrath is a gifted child and the victim of provincial ambitions. Sent to theological school, the imaginative boy is gradually driven to nervous collapse in a situation from which there seems to be no escape.

Format: Paperback
Published: in UK in 2011
Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
Pages: 224
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780720614299
ISBN 10: 0720614295
Edition: 3 Rev ed