In Hermann Hesse’s Beneath the Wheel, Hans Giebernath lives among the dull and respectable townsfolk of a sleepy Black Forest village. When he is discovered to be an exceptionally gifted student, the entire community presses him onto a path of serious scholarship. Hans dutifully follows the regimen of study and endless examinations, his success rewarded only with more crushing assignments. When Hans befriends a rebellious young poet, he begins to imagine other possibilities outside the narrowly circumscribed world of the academy. Finally sent home after a nervous breakdown, Hans is revived by nature and romance, and vows never to return to the gray conformity of the academic system.
Author: Hermann Hesse
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 07/01/2003
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780312422301
Language: English
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