Steppenwolf – Hermann Hesse | Folio Society

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Here is the brand new Folio Society edition of Hermann Hesse's 'Steppenwolf', illustrated and designed by Dan Hiller and translated by David Horrocks.

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*Blurb*

"Steppenwolf (originally Der Steppenwolf) is the tenth novel by German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse.

Originally published in Germany in 1927, it was first translated into English in 1929. Combining autobiographical and psychoanalytic elements, the novel was named after the German name for the steppe wolf. The story in large part reflects a profound crisis in Hesse's spiritual world during the 1920s while memorably portraying the protagonist's split between his humanity and his wolf-like aggression and homelessness.

Steppenwolf was wildly popular and has been a perpetual success across the decades, but Hesse later asserted that the book was largely misunderstood." [1]

*Binding, paper and text*

– Binding: heat-sensitive paper
– Paper: Acid-free, pH-neutral, cream-coloured, thick Abbey Wove paper
– Text-size: Slightly under medium

*Contents*

– Translator: David Harrocks
– Illustrator: Dan Hiller

*Schedule*

New videos every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday!

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*Music*

1. Air Prelude - Kevin MacLeod

2. Wild Fires - Doug Maxwell

3. Dog and Pony Show - Silent Partner

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Filmed with: iPhone SE, 1080p - 60 FPS.

Microphone: iPhone SE.

Editing software: iMovie.

Recording dates: 10/5-2018

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From Sweden with Love.

[PontusPresents]

Time-Table:

Binding: 00:22 - 02:49
Contents: 04:05 - 04:13
Pamphlet: 04:35 - 05:43
Paper & text: 05:44 - 05:59
Spine & sewn binding: 06:14 - 07:00
Slip-case: 07:01 - 07:05
Outro with cats: 07:06 - 08:12

[PontusPresents]

Hi there! The books from the Summer collection arrived yesterday (The Snow Leopard & Steppenwolf) and I’m very happy to share this new edition of Hesse’s novel, ’Steppenwolf’.

One can hope that Dan Hillier will continue collaborating with the Folio Society in the future! :-)

If you have any questions about the books or any feedback on this video, make sure to share your thoughts here in the comment section. Thank you for watching and I want to wish you a great day. :-)

[elliotwalton]

I'm currently reading this volume and love it. The translation is so smooth I completely forget it was written in German. the book is beautiful to hold and read. Reproducing the tract, as described in the novel (a poorly printed pamphlet) as an insert was an inspired choice for me, bringing the reader into the story. As one person at FS said jokingly to me in an email conversation, "You have no idea how much it cost us to make that insert look as poorly printed as it does". I'm so happy to have rediscovered FS and for all your wonderful and helpful reviews at Pontus Presents.

[mtoad]

Great camera work and choice to clearly show the texture and details. Thanks for sharing it.

[athenassigil]

Beautiful version and I love HH! Way back in the 1980s I binge read all of his works...the man was and is a treasure!

[oleghrozman]

Love Herman Hesse. One of my most favourite authors.

[BookCravings]

I got this one because of the illustrations. I really enjoy Dan Hiller's art.

[molocious]

In the first German edition of Steppenwolf, the The Tractate of the Steppenwolf, or the "pamphlet, was inserted into the text as a separate entity, like is done here for the Folio Society edition. So, actually, the FS edition is going back to the construction of the first German edition. That edition is very expensive, but I saw photographs of it on AbesBooks showing the inserted tractate. Apparently, Hermann Hesse himself instructed his publisher to insert the tractate as a separate entity. The Tractate or pamphlet belongs to a different order of discourse, that of the Immortals (the world of Goethe, Mozart, etc.), so it made sense to separate it from the main book.

[VicRattlehead]

What a great idea to put an actual pamphlet in! My old German version just has the pamphlet's text printed in cursive. I definitely like yours better!

[Fierylunar]

Those endpapers are absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. A pity there aren't more illustrations in the book...

[markjones-rcnm]

Ahh i was considering getting this book... I'm signed up to Dan Hillier's website..he was selling prints of the 'wolf' you can see on the front cover and 3 lucky people would get a signed copy of this book by him...I sadly didn't have the money to buy a print otherwise i would have...and a signed copy would have been a bonus

[shankarviswanathan]

Pontus, great review as usual! I haven't bought anything from this new collection yet, but I'm going to place an order soon. I would like to start reading Hesse at some point.

[HundreadD]

Great book too. I distinctly remember that a few years ago I inexplicably found a plastic-y paperback version tucked in the corner of a library that I frequented, never been checked out as far as I could tell. Even stranger that this library would include a book like Steppenwolf and not the more mainstream Siddhartha, but I can say now with confidence that it's one of the books that have most influenced the ones I picked up from then on as well as my own ideas on art.

And nice music choices, but you should have used Mozart, you will no doubt understand when you have read it!

[damonplay]

At times like these I'd really wish for such beautiful books but in their native language. As I am german myself I'd obviously prefer to read books that were originally written in german in well german. But no german publisher that I know of produces such magnificently crafted works of art...a dilemma if I've ever seen one