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Beneath the Wheel Hermann Hesse Michael Roloff Books

If you are an artist, introvert, traveler, loner, or simply a deep thinker, this book is for you. Hesse articulates parts of my identity I never knew were there simply because I did not have his language to explain them to me. Wow. Penetrating.


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Beneath the Wheel Hermann Hesse Michael Roloff Books Reviews

I have read Hesse's Siddartha three or four times, and when I saw this book recommended during a TV tour of Maulbronn Monastery(the main setting), I decided to read it. The book is relatively rare and unknown, thus I was forced to purchase it new rather than from my trusty, nearby used book store. It is one very enjoyable read. The story is relatively short, clean, and simple; and true to Hesse's style, the imagery, especially of nature, is clear and effective. The reader gains a good measure of insight into the mind of the main character. More narrative than symbolic, the writing is clean and very readable, but with plenty to say. Those of us who have recently raised and schooled children know full well of the educational rat-race that seems to be growing more frenetic than ever. The net result of the translation is superb, though I cannot say whether it is true - just that it is very "American" and highly readable in its presentation. I have observed that certain British translations of German often appear chopped and jerky, often with odd and excess punctuation. If you like Hesse, or classic fin de siecle literature, (I do) then this will please you.
I consider this a must-read book for anyone whose personality has any complexity at all. Hesse is one of my favorite writers. I find many echoes of Nietzsche in his writings. Surprisingly, also many echoes of religious belief. I wonder if he was aware of this contradiction in his own personality or perhaps hw was as unaware of it as Haller is of some of his cognitive dissonances.
I don't know if this is the case in the print version, but the version has quite a few misspelled words in it.
I have always loved this story. Many do & many don't. I think people often miss the point that you can choose to be happier if you so choose. Many focus only on the gloom and doom. We all have many paths that come our way. We can be stubborn and be sad or make a change to find happiness. The choice is always there to take.

AS far as and their support on having this work on your computer, if I could rate I would give it zero stars. I will never buy another digital book. Trying to explain something to someone who can't comprehend is a total waste of time. iTunes is an apple application and unless I overlooked it somehow why is it only for windows. It was not made by windows. Windows music system is so bad they need iTunes by Macintosh to sound good. I have windows machines so I know the difference. I want it on my Mac not on Windows. This was my first and only digital book.
Hess presents his Steppenwolf idea - which, being a male in my 50's I really related to. I think anyone could sympathize with some aspects of Haller, the battle within us between the wolf and the human for instance. I think the main point was that we should actually LIVE life versus understanding and intellectualizing life (finding meaning). While showing the agony that Haller went through to learn/live was important, I admit to getting lost in the imagery/dreams of the last portion of the book. I feel that he was trying to communicate the idea of compassion and emotion in living life; that he was trying to teach a lesson. But, I got to the end and now seriously wonder if I truly missed the point he was trying to make.
To anyone who is awake in this sleeping world, to anyone ready to pull himself out of the matrix and look honestly at the duelistically craziness of our lives.. this book it for you. You must be ready to understand that we humans are in fleeting moments strangers in a strange Land and in this world but not of it.
A true classic and one that I have read several times, Steppenwolf is not light reading. But, for the thoughtful reader, it may take you places that you never knew existed. Read it.
For some reason I decided to read this decades after reading "Siddhartha" and "Demian." "Siddhartha" especially made a big impression on me at age 19 or so, and was important in sparking my life-long interest in Buddhism. I must have looked at "Steppenwolf," and probably didn't read it because it looked too dark.

It's a quick, easy read, and it includes many poetic passages, but it strikes me as philosophy or psychology lite. I recommend it to young intellectuals and artists. The insights to be found here are more likely to be deep and meaningful to those experiencing the crises of young adulthood than to those who have been around and "have been experienced," as Hendrix put it.

To anyone who grew up with the "live life with gusto" attitude of rock music, the message will be old hat.
If you are an artist, introvert, traveler, loner, or simply a deep thinker, this book is for you. Hesse articulates parts of my identity I never knew were there simply because I did not have his language to explain them to me. Wow. Penetrating.