Magister Ludi (The Glass Bead Game); [by] Hermann Hesse; translated from the German by Mervyn Savill
by Hesse, Hermann; Savill, Mervyn (trnsl)
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very good to very goo(+) with mild wear & use. Tight and clean.
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About This Item
New York: F. Ungar Pub. Co, 1967. 11th printing. Paperback. Very good to very goo(+) with mild wear & use. Tight and clean.. Quarto in white stiff paper wraps; 502 pages; 21 cm. Sewn binding. Nice early paperback condition printed on quality paper stock. Ungar paperbacks; 2117; [series]. "Translated from the German original Das Glasperlenspiel."
Set in the 23rd century, "The glass bead game" (Magister Ludi) the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game
Enlightenment (Buddhism) -- Fiction. Science fiction, German. Jeux psychologiques -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Illumination (Bouddhisme) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Science fiction, German. Enlightenment (Buddhism) Psychological games. Fiction. Bildungsromans. Bildungsromans.
Set in the 23rd century, "The glass bead game" (Magister Ludi) the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game
Enlightenment (Buddhism) -- Fiction. Science fiction, German. Jeux psychologiques -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Illumination (Bouddhisme) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Science fiction, German. Enlightenment (Buddhism) Psychological games. Fiction. Bildungsromans. Bildungsromans.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101348
- Title
- Magister Ludi (The Glass Bead Game); [by] Hermann Hesse; translated from the German by Mervyn Savill
- Author
- Hesse, Hermann; Savill, Mervyn (trnsl)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good to very goo(+) with mild wear & use. Tight and clean.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 11th printing
- Publisher
- F. Ungar Pub. Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Psychological games -- Fiction
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