description: One of Hermann Hesse’s greatest novels, Narcissus and Goldmund is an extraordinary recreation of the Middle Ages, contrasting the careers of two friends, one of whom shuns life in a monastery and goes on the road, tangled in the extremes of life in a world dominated by sin, plague and war, the other staying in the monastery and struggling, with equal difficulty, to lead a life of spiritual denial.
title: Narcissus & Goldmund
titlecomplete: Narcissus & Goldmund
genres: Fiction, Philosophy, German Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Germany, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 59948
places: Mariabronn
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Schlegel-Tieck Prize
category: Leila Vennewitz