{"product_id":"2026200009960-secondhand-hermann-hesse-pilgrim-of-crisis-a-biography","title":"Hermann Hesse: Pilgrim Of Crisis: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Worn\/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good — no loose pages or broken binding. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew literary lives are as richly contradictory as that of Hermann Hesse — a man who sought spiritual peace yet produced some of the twentieth century's most restless and searching fiction. Ralph Freedman's authoritative biography chronicles Hesse's journey from his pietist childhood in Calw, Germany, through his turbulent personal crises, his embrace of Jungian psychoanalysis, and his eventual ascent to a Nobel Prize, illuminating how each upheaval was alchemised into enduring art. Freedman details the biographical roots of masterworks such as Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, and The Glass Bead Game, drawing direct and compelling lines between the man's suffering and his genius.\n\nWritten with the precision of a scholar and the sensitivity of a literary critic, Hermann Hesse: Pilgrim of Crisis presents its subject not merely as a celebrated author but as a cultural prophet whose work anticipated the spiritual hunger of the postwar generation. Freedman argues that Hesse's enduring appeal lies in his unflinching confrontation with the divided self — a theme that resonates as powerfully today as it did in Weimar Germany. For anyone who has been captivated by Hesse's fiction, this biography raises a tantalising question: which came first, the crisis or the art?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130603151579,"sku":"2026200009960-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/cc432995-1af1-4d71-a120-9ed20fdd64cc.png?v=1786587305","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009960-secondhand-hermann-hesse-pilgrim-of-crisis-a-biography","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}