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.
language: English
title: Narcissus and Goldmund
titlecomplete: Narcissus and Goldmund (Modern Classic)
genres: Germany, 20th Century, Historical Fiction, Philosophy, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, German Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 59928
places: Mariabronn
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Schlegel-Tieck Prize
category: Leila Vennewitz
publisher: Peter Owen