The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse · Audiobook preview

The Glass Bead Game
Authored by Hermann Hesse
Narrated by David Colacci

0:00 Intro
0:03 The Glass Bead Game: A General Introduction to Its History for the Layman
6:00 Outro

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature

Set in the twenty–third century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game).

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) was born in Germany and later became a citizen of Switzerland. As a Western man profoundly affected by the mysticism of Eastern thought, he wrote many novels, stories, and essays that bear a vital spiritual force that has captured many generations of readers. In 1946 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

David Colacci has been an actor and a director for over thirty years, performing coast–to–coast in lead roles of plays by a variety of playwrights, from Shakespeare to Sam Shepard to Steve Martin. He has worked as a narrator for over fifteen years, during which time he has read the works of such authors as Jules Verne, Henry Adams, John Irving, Michael Chabon, and John Lescroart. He has won AudioFile Earphones Awards, earned Audie nominations, and been included in Best of the Year lists by such publications as Publishers Weekly, AudioFile magazine, and Library Journal. David was a resident actor/director with the Cleveland Play House for eight years and has…

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

Language: English
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.
Published on: October 8, 2008
ISBN: 9781602834996
Duration: 21 hr, 18 min
Genres: Fiction / Classics, Fiction / General, Fiction / Literary