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About the product The novel «Gertrude» (1910) refers to the early period of the work of Hermann Hesse. The story, which has been repeatedly called the artistic embodiment of the motives of Nietzsche’s «Birth of Tragedy», is dedicated to the drama of a young composer forced to choose between «reasonable» and «spontaneous» principles in his work. The real details of Hesse’s life and his own characteristic features, «presented» to various characters, give the book a special, deep meaning. What is art? Self-denial — or spiritual permissiveness? Why is a man of art doomed to eternal loneliness? Each of the heroes of Hesse’s novel answers these questions in his own way …
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