James Yong từ Yadrinkasy, Chuvashia, Russia

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11/05/2024

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James Yong Sách lại (10)

2018-12-02 18:31

Những Tài Danh Âm Nhạc Việt Nam - Đỗ Nhuận Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Thụy Kha

I was interested in reading a novel by a German writer/philosopher during the late 19th early 20th century. I came across the book Steppenwolf written in 1927 by Hermann Hesse, a Swiss/German writer. I had heard of Hesse and the name of the novel intrigued me. I was greatly disappointed. Though a pshchological, mystical creation (as I expected) I found it to be very dark, dreary and foreboding. The plot focuses on a fiftyish man by the name of Harry Haller who lived in a period of German histroy between the two wars (probably in the 1920s). Harry made a small fortune writing and, after an unsuccessful marriage and other amorous relationships, is now a shiftless loner. He is at heart an intellectual and disdains the bourgeois, though he himself appears to be a member of that class. He believes himself to have a dual nature: one high-minded and spiritual and the other low and animalistic, a "wolf of the steppes" (hense the name Steppenwolf). Just as he is contemplating suicide, he falls in with the artistic community and, through their nonjudgmental acceptance of him and the use of drugs, uncovers another "self". He embraces the hedonistic life thinking this will help him find his true nature. But instead he becomes even more confused and lost. The author plays with both reality and fantasy and suggests there may be little difference between the two. Harry's obvious problem is his total self-centeredness and pathetic conceit; he seeks solely to satisfy his own egoism and selfish wants and lacks any moral code. This, of course, is the source of his torment. Due to the demented philosopies of the German thinkers of that era, it is doubtful Hesse made the connectin between evil and misery. When Harry sought to become a "law unto himself" he forfeited the benefits of divine law, obedience to which is the only way to find joy, happiness and peace. The book has no redeeming qualities and I do not recommend the book to anyone.

Người đọc James Yong từ Yadrinkasy, Chuvashia, Russia

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.