Gertrude
by Admin free novel ebooks, Category Literary
Publisher: Picador
Pages: 237 Date: 2005-08-01
ISBN-10: 0312424639, ZP rtf; 122 k
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Hesse's third novel is told by the composer Kuhn, who achieves success in his art when he comes under the sway of two artists -- Heinrich Muoth, a melancholy and self-destructive opera singer, and the beautiful and delightful Gertrude. More than a love story, this novel might be considered a romance about that calamity of the spirit called "the creative process." Hesse's masterly handling of these interweaving themes once again proves his uncanny genius.
Product Description:
'One of the defining spirits of our century.' -Ralph Freedman With Gertrude, Herman Hesse continues his lifelong exploration of the irreconcilable elements of human existence. In this fictional memoir, the renowned composer Kuhn recounts his tangled relationships with two artists- his friend Heinrich Muoth, a brooding, self-destructive opera singer, and the gentle, self-assured Gertrude Imthor. Kuhn is drawn to Gertrude upon their first meeting, but Gertrude falls in love with Heinrich, to whom she is introduced when Kuhn auditions them for the leads in his new opera. Hopelessly ill-matched, Gertrude and Heinrich have a disastrous marriage that leaves them both ruined. Yet this tragic affair also becomes the inspiration for Kuhn's opera, the most important success of his artistic life.
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