The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse
Taste attributes: dramascience fictionslowfresh & originalheavyimaginaryintricateempowerment/personal growthsocial commentarygame/competition
Boxlist takeFresh and heightened: a weighty novel, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: slow · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
Hesse’s most highly acclaimed book, The Glass Bead Game is set in a fictional state in Central Europe in the 25th Century. The state of Castalia is the home of an austere order of intellectuals who run a group of boarding schools for boys but also make it their life’s work to extend their knowledge and prowess of the Glass Bead Game, a mysterious game whose rules are never revealed.
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- Author
- Hermann Hesse
- Published
- 1943
- Pages
- 605
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