num_pages: 383
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: German
title: Narziß und Goldmund
titlecomplete: Narziß und Goldmund
genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Germany, German Literature, 20th Century, Literature, Historical Fiction, Classics, Novels, Philosophy
ratings_count: 59968
places: Mariabronn
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Schlegel-Tieck Prize
category: Leila Vennewitz
publisher: Suhrkamp