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Der Steppenwolf

Der Steppenwolf

by Hermann Hesse

First published 1927 · 224 pages · about 4 hours to read

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A story that focuses on the loneliness and suffering of the protagonist, Harry Haller, who feels that he has no place in a world filled with meaningless frivolity. Having decided to take his own life a chance encounter causes him to change his views and he begins to learn ways to enjoy life. One of the most misunderstood of his novels the book is, according to Hesse, about the possibilities of transcendence and healing.

Quotes

  • “Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold.”
    p. 37
  • “Man is not yet a finished creation but rather a challenge of the spirit, a distant possibility dreaded as much as it is desired.”
    p. 62
  • “It is remarkable, all that men can swallow. For a good ten minutes I read a newspaper. I allowed the spirit of an irresponsible man who chews and munches another’s words in his mouth, and gives them out again undigested, to enter into me through my eyes.”
    p. 34

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