As Hassan Najmi's acclaimed novel begins, our unnamed narrator befriends an elderly man, Muhammad, who, as a young man, worked as a tour guide in the city of Tangier. Muhammad tells the narrator about his most famous clients, the renowned Gertrude Stein and her companion Alice Toklas, who—on t
Gertrude
โ Scribed by Hermann Hesse
- Book ID
- 111599726
- Publisher
- Coyote Canyon Press
- Year
- 1910
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 105 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780982129890
- ASIN
- B00B4IDQTE
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โฆ Synopsis
May 2023 - epub format revised and verified by zardox (no changes to book content).
Genre: Literature
ebook, 146 pages
Kindle Edition, 167 pages
Published: 1910
Coyote Canyon Press (2013)
Translated by: Adele Lewisohn (1915)
Introduction by: Thomas Fasano (2012)
In this novel about music, love, and creativity, Hermann Hesse weaves a tale of loss and redemption. Kuhn, the sensitive narrator, disabled in an accident as a young man, has become a renowned composer. He is drawn to a beautiful, mysterious singer named Gertrude and becomes engulfed in an enduring passion for her. But because he fears her sympathy, he ends up losing her to his friend and singer, Muoth. Kuhn becomes inextricably involved in their ill-fated marriage and is almost destroyed -- but eventually he finds his redemption through his art and the completion of his opera.
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With _Gertrude_ , Herman Hesse continues his lifelong exploration of the irreconcilable elements of human existence. In this fictional memoir, the renowned composer Kuhn recounts his tangled relationships with two artists--his friend Heinrich Muoth, a brooding, self-destructive opera singer, and the
With _Gertrude_ , Herman Hesse continues his lifelong exploration of the irreconcilable elements of human existence. In this fictional memoir, the renowned composer Kuhn recounts his tangled relationships with two artists--his friend Heinrich Muoth, a brooding, self-destructive opera singer, and the