Knulp: Three Tales from the Life of Knulp

by Hermann Hesse and Robin M Koppensteiner

Book Overview

Die drei Geschichten aus dem Leben des Landstreichers Knulp, einem Nachfahren von Eichendorffs "Taugenichts", z hlen zu den reizvollsten St cken der fr hen Prosa Hermann Hesses. In der Folge seiner... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374509875
• ISBN13: 9780374509873
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

genius hesse does it again

this early book by hesse is a masterpiece like all of his books. once you read hesse, you'll wonder why you even read other authors, if you are a writer, then you'll feel like your writing sucks after reading hesse. this book is a gateway read into the hesse world, the life of a vagrant who ponders the meaning of life and realizes his life had a purpose.

must read

This is one of those books that you will want to read over and over. I pick it up in the spring, when I feel like going 'tramping about the countryside'. I was reminded of this book when talking to my teenaged niece recently and gave her my copy. It is a great intro to Hesses other books. Read it--you will NOT be disappointed. It is quick and meaningful.

Knulp: Three Tales From The Life Of Knulp

I thought that I wouldn't enjoy this book because of it's age. It was nearly 10 times my age when I read it and it has been one of the most resplendent books I have ever read. Knulp lives this prodigious life (to me at least) and gets to travel all over without a care in the world. I don't want to give away the ending to people who have never dipped into his world, but I will so please do not further read this article until finshing the book. The concluding story is what I think everybody truly wishes for. Knulp is laying in the snow and telling God how his life was meaningless and he lived a pejorative life, and then God tells him that he did live a meaningfull life. He said that Knulp was living for other people too and I think that it's just the perfect ending to a story and to a life. This book is an laudable piece of literature that should be read by all.

Wander over the Mountain

"Everywhere on earth there are people of our kind. That for a small part of them, I can be a focal point, the nodal point in the net, is the burden and the joy of my life." (Hesse private letter, 1955) This is a fantastic book that deals with the mysteries of life and a man's relation to his surrounding. Knulp is a wanderer who has an inherent quest for freedom and travel which conflicts with tradition. We see the stages of his life including his death at the end in a dialogue with god who represents existence. Man must express himself in order to find his own nature is the basic thrust of this short work by a great author...

A little book, a grand story

Knulp, in its time, was the book that for me opened the window into Hermann Hesse`s world. A lovely story about the joy and sadness of being a bohemian in life and soul. It is filled with passages of life wisdom and human insight. This book is a perfect introduction to one of the greatest Nobel prize winners.