Peter Camenzind

Name: Peter Camenzind
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Hermann Hesse
ISBN: 9798347740178

Author: Hermann Hesse

Narrator: Arlo Eddowes

Unabridged: 6 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: New Directions

Published: 03/04/2025

Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age

Synopsis

Peter Camenzind, published in 1904, was the first novel by Hermann Hesse. It contains a number of themes that were to preoccupy the author in many of his later works, most notably the individual's search for a unique spiritual and physical identity amidst the backdrops of nature and modern civilization, and the role of art in the formation of personal identity.

About Hermann Hesse

Poet and novelist 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 the imagination and loyalty of many generations of readers. Among his many works are The Glass Bead Game, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and Narcissus and Goldmund. In 1946, Hesse was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Reviews

Goodreads review by W.M. on July 30, 2015

Though one could start exploring the masterful works of the German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter Hermann Hesse with his later more mature novels, from the spiritual crisis and discovery of Der Steppenwolf (Steppenwolf), to the simple lyrical mysticism of Siddhartha or even (my personal favorite)......more

Goodreads review by Moses on November 11, 2007

Holy smokes! Peter Camenzind is both you and I, my friend(s). The country boy moves to the city for school (knowledge), and it disgusts him. He does not fit, nor does he want to. He does not want anything, except to not be where he was born. All that matters to this man is poetry, and climbing. To you......more