Strange News from Another Star by Hermann Hesse

But like how The Dude abides in The Big Lebowski, like a loyal trooper I persevere.

On one star, life is valued, beauty is appreciated, reason is respected, humane traditions are cultivated, love and happiness are experienced and peace prevails. In the fairy tale, two stars are juxtaposed. I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover but like it or not the cover still plays a part in deciding whether you choose to read it. 'Strange News from Another Star' is a short fairy tale written by Hermann Hesse in April 1915, one year after the start of the 1st World War. It's pretty rubbish and not really the image you might conjure up from the title. 2011 50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 2. They are concerned with dream worlds, the. A case in point being the cover of Strange News From Another Star, first published in 1919 and republished in 1976 with an uninspiring silhouette of Hesse's profile superimposed over a quartet of pictures. Unlike his earlier work, from Peter Camenzind through Knulp, the stories in Strange News from Another Star do not allow for an essentially realistic interpretation. Strange News from Another Star and Other Tales (English and German Edition) Paperback ApGerman Edition by Hermann Hesse (Author) 5 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 33.98 4 Used from 30.00 Paperback 19.58 10 Used from 4.19 1 Collectible from 250. And of course, seeing as how Hesse has been dead since 1962 he's got even less say in it now.

He was a master of great book titles Hermann Hesse, I mean just who wouldn't want to read a book called The Glass Bead Game, or Steppenwolf, or Narziss And Goldmund? And so too Strange News From Another Star? Sometimes the image on the covers of his books wouldn't be up to much but this would have been something out of the author's control and down to Penguin or whatever publishing house the book was from.

Strange News from Another Star by Hermann Hesse