Together with the translator's dexterous introduction for a new generation of readers and those curious to revisit the book's multiple layers to unravel its fascinating possibilities, it is emphatically The Steppenwolf. Beals has managed the considerable feat of making a cult classic of twentieth-century literature feel completely alive for the twenty-first.-Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Monthly Kurt Beals's splendid translation of this offbeat classic succeeds at once in conveying Hermann Hesse's German cadence in elegant English and in rendering the novel's dissonances more accessible for our times: the ambivalent, existential, dark, humorous, and magical elements within and surrounding protagonist Harry Haller.
Talk to your doctor about possible side effects.-Martin Puchner, author of The Language of Thieves: My Family's Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate An English-language translation that highlights both the thoughtfulness and, ultimately, the sheer personal power of the original. Beals has managed the considerable feat of making a cult classic of twentieth-century literature feel completely alive for the twenty-first., Kurt Beals makes this 1927 classic of psychedelic dreams sparkle in new technicolor splendor. Talk to your doctor about possible side effects., An English-language translation that highlights both the thoughtfulness and, ultimately, the sheer personal power of the original. Together with the translator's dexterous introduction for a new generation of readers and those curious to revisit the book's multiple layers to unravel its fascinating possibilities, it is emphatically THE Steppenwolf., Kurt Beals makes this 1927 classic of psychedelic dreams sparkle in new technicolor splendor. Kurt Beals's splendid translation of this offbeat classic succeeds at once in conveying Hermann Hesse's German cadence in elegant English and in rendering the novel's dissonances more accessible for our times: the ambivalent, existential, dark, humorous, and magical elements within and surrounding protagonist Harry Haller.
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