Hesse managed, thanks to the story of Peter Kamenytsin, the village boy from Nimikon, to overcome the gloom that dominated his life during the era of Hermann Hesse.
The man holding the pen in Peter Kamenytsin is healthier, stronger, younger. Despite the somewhat glaring emphasis on physicality and primitivism, despite the obvious weaknesses in the author's attempt to view his time, society, and culture with a critical eye, the authenticity and charm of the descriptions of nature, mountains, clouds, and sea, the rhythm of the language, and the ethos of the whole story had a profound impact on an entire generation of readers and provided the book with a resonance and popularity that the author never expected.
[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]
Manufacturer
- Author
- Hermann Hesse
- Publisher
- Ekdoseis Kastanioti
- Publishers
- Kastaniotis Editions
- Type
- Classical Literature, Prose
- Subtitle
- Novel
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 152
- Publication Date
- 1987
- Dimensions
- 14x20.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789600306415
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