Narcissus and Goldmund Shidaiqu At the height of his

At the height of his promise

The opening chapters present various critical perspectives on the Missa Solemnis and chart the history of its composition

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From the girls to the villains

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Narcissus and Goldmund Shidaiqu At the height of hisOne of Hermann Hesse's greatest novels, Narcissus and Goldmund is an extraordinary recreation of the Middle Ages, contrasting the careers of two friends, one of whom shuns life in a monastery and goes on the road, tangled in the extremes of life in a world dominated by sin, plague and war, the other staying in the monastery and struggling, with equal difficulty, to lead a life of spiritual denial. A superb feat of imagination, Narcissus and Goldmund