The Glass Bead Game
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  • Published: 1 September 2000
  • ISBN: 9780099283621
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $22.99

The Glass Bead Game

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1 Sep 2000
EBook
31 Jul 2014
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9 May 2024
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Hermann Hesse's magnum opus and a twentieth-century classic

In the remote Kingdom of Castalia, the scholars of the Twenty Third century play the Glass Bead Game. The elaborately coded game is a fusion of all human knowledge - of maths, music, philosophy, science, and art. Intrigued as a school boy, Joseph Knecht becomes consumed with mastering the game as an adult. As Knecht fulfils his life-long quest he must contend with unexpected dilemmas and the longing for a life beyond the ivory tower.
  • Published: 1 September 2000
  • ISBN: 9780099283621
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $22.99
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Praise for The Glass Bead Game

One of the truly important books of the century, in any language

The Times

Sublime

Thomas Mann

A massive novel set out to explore the positive side of human nature, the fullness of man's capacity as a thinker and as a prober into scared mysteries...Touching and impressive

Observer
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