MAGISTER LUDI
T
HE
G
LASS
B
EAD
G
AME by
Hermann Hesse
Translated from the German
Das Glasperlenspiel
by Richard and Clara Winston with a Forword by Theodore Ziolkowski
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This is Hesse's last and greatest work, a triumph of imagination which wonfor him the NobelPrize for Literature. Described as "sublime" by Thomas Mann, admired by André Gide and T.S. Eliot, this prophetic novel is a chronicle of the futureabout Castalia, an elitist group formedafter the chaos of the 20th-century's wars. It is the key to a full understanding of Hesse'sthought.Something like chess but far more intricate, the game of Magister Ludi known as the GlassBead Game is thought in its purest form, a synthesis through which philosophy, art, musicand scientific law are appreciated simultaneously. The scholar-players are isolated withinCastalia, an autonomous elite institution devoted wholly to the mind and the imagination. . ."Part romance, part philosophical tract, part Utopian fantasy. Its theme is one thatpreoccupied Hesse earlier: the conflict between, and the need to synthesize, thought andaction, intellect and the flesh. . . A fascinating novel, welltranslated at last."
--Book-of-the-Month Club News
This low-priced Bantam Book has been completely reset in a type face designed for easy reading, and was printed from new plates. It contains the complete text of the original hard-coveredition.NOT ONE WORD HASBEEN OMITTED.
MAGISTER LUDIrecentlypublished as THE GLASSBEAD GAME A Bantam Book / published by arrangementwithHolt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.PRINTING HISTORY Originally published in Germanunder the title of
Das Glasperlenspiel
Copyright © 1943 by Fretz &Wasmuth Verlag AG ZurichHolt editionpublished October1969Bantam edition/ October197010th printing March 1978 All rights reserved.English translation copyright ©1969 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.Forewordby Theodore Ziolkowskicopyright ©1969by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.This book may not bereproduced in wholeorin part, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission.For information address:Holt. Rinehart and Winston, Inc.,383 Madison Avenue,New York, N.Y. 10017.ISBN0-553-11916-8Published simultaneouslyin the UnitedStates and CanadaPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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