Klingsor is a painter who goes in the summer of 1919 to a village in Ticino, Switzerland, where he spends a few weeks in a frenzy of painting and passion with friends. Hermann Hesse's novella shows how the artist, who feels that he is near the end of his life, tries to capture his feelings in colors and talks about the meaning of art and life.
It is for readers who like Hesse. It is a colorful, lyrical story. It makes a good companion to his novels about artists, and the vivid descriptions of color and heat make the setting almost tangible.
Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Wisdom Collector. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Insel, Frankfurt
- ISBN
- 9783458340980
- Language
- DE
