Author : Hermann Hesse
Publisher : Farrar Straus & Giroux
ISBN 13 : 9780374507480
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (74 download)
Book Synopsis Beneath the Wheel by : Hermann Hesse
Download or read book Beneath the Wheel written by Hermann Hesse and published by Farrar Straus & Giroux. This book was released on 1988-09-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hans Giebenrath lives in a sleepy Black Forest village not in the habit of producing prodigies. When the local community discovers that he is beyond doubt a gifted child, they map his future out for him. Pressed toward the path of serious scholarship, Hans is successful in the academic system, but he finds its relentless uniformity crushing, and eventually breaks down in the middle of class. Diagnosed with a "nervous condition", he is sent home by the school -- never to return. Back in his simple village, he is finally able to recover when he experiences the delights of both nature and romance, from which his ceaseless studies had always kept him.