Knulp: Drei Geschichten aus dem Leben Knulps

Name: Knulp: Drei Geschichten aus dem Leben Knulps
Author: Hermann Hesse
ISBN: 9781787362116

Author: Hermann Hesse
Language: German
Length: 92 pages
ISBN: 9781787362116
Published: 11 December 2020
Imprint: Urban Romantics

Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha
spirituality
empowerment
spiritual growth
meaning of life
Buddha
Buddhism
Hindu
coming of age

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Description

Knulp, who was once a gifted and promising youth, is depicted as an amiable vagabond perpetually wandering from town to town, staying with friends. He is liked by almost everyone he encounters in the novel for his manners and charming demeanour. He often receives charity from those sympathetic with him.

Author

Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) was a German-Swiss poet and novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. His books explore the inward journey — the search for authenticity, spiritual balance, and self-knowledge beyond social convention. Siddhartha, Demian, and Steppenwolf made him a guiding voice for generations of readers across Europe and America. Hesse writes with lyrical simplicity about the hardest question: how to become oneself.

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