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The glass bead game, by Hermann Hesse

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The glass bead game, by Hermann Hesse
Language
eng
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fiction
Main title
The glass bead game
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Oclc number
276979193
Responsibility statement
by Hermann Hesse
Summary
Set in the 23rd century, "The glass bead game" is 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)
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