![]() Talk to your doctor about possible side effects. Kurt Beals makes this 1927 classic of psychedelic dreams sparkle in new technicolor splendor. Beals’s expert introduction traces the impact of The Steppenwolf for readers seeking meaning during the upheaval of world conflicts, the onslaught of new technologies, and life’s uncertainties. ![]() Kurt Beals restores the original meaning of this hallucinatory German tale in a recognizably modern voice. There has never been a translation that fully captures the essence of Hermann Hesse’s own spiritual questioning until now. Harry becomes a man divided-lost in a surreal underground world of pleasure and set on a collision course with his innermost desires. Through their nighttime adventures, the Steppenwolf experiences the decadent underbelly of the bourgeois society he always despised. After a life spent in self-imposed isolation, Harry meets the mysterious Hermine and becomes captivated by her intoxicating power. ![]() The quest for self-discovery never ends, especially for Harry Haller-better known as the Steppenwolf. ![]() This revolutionary translation is the only way to experience the novel as Hesse envisioned it nearly one hundred years ago. ![]()
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