Steppenwolf

Author(s): Hermann Hesse

Fiction

This title is presented with a new translation by David Horrocks. At first sight Harry Haller seems like a respectable, educated man. In reality he is the Steppenwolf: wild, strange, alienated from society and repulsed by the modern age. But as he is drawn into a series of dreamlike and sometimes savage encounters - accompanied by, among others, Mozart, Goethe and the bewitching Hermione - the misanthropic Haller discovers a higher truth, and the possibility of happiness. This haunting portrayal of a man who feels he is half-human and half-wolf became a counterculture classic for a disaffected generation. Yet it is also a story of redemption, and an intricately-structured modernist masterpiece. This is the first new translation of "Steppenwolf" for over eighty years, returning to the fresh, authentic language of Hesse's original.


Product Information

The gripping and fascinating story of disease in a man's soul The New York Times

General Fields

  • : 9780141192093
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 29 February 2012
  • : 01 June 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Hermann Hesse
  • : 272