Knulp
Subtitle: [three tales from the life of Knulp]
By: Hermann Hesse ; Translated by Ralph Manheim
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform; CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9781478200208
Subjects: Fiction; Manners and customs; German language; Readers
Work titles: Knulp
Description: First published in 1915, Knulp was Hesse's most popular book in the years before Demian. This is the first edition in English. Knulp is an amiable vagabond who wanders from town to town, staying with friends who feed and shelter him. Consistently refusing to tie himself down to any trade, place, or person, he even deserts the companion who might be considered Hermann Hesse himself the summer they go tramping together. Knulp's exile is blissful, gentle, self-absorbed. But hidden beneath the light surface of these "Tales from the Life of Knulp" is the conscience of an artist who suspects that his liberation is worthless, even immoral. As he lies dying in a snowstorm, Knulp has an interview with God in which he reproaches himself for his wasted life. But it is revealed to Knulp that the whole purpose of his life has been to bring "a little homseickness for freedom" into the lives of ordinary men.
Notes: Subtitle from front cover.

Translation from the German of: Knulp, Drei Geschichten aus dem Leben Knulps.

First published 1915 in German under the title: Knulp: Drei Geschichten aus dem Leben Knulps by S. Fischer Verlag.
Table of contents: title: Early spring; title: My recollections of Knulp; title: The end.