{"product_id":"9780141984612","title":"Narcissus and Goldmund","description":"Author: Hesse, Hermann\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780141984612\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Jun 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA gripping, vivid novel which brings to life Europe in the Middle Ages, in all its beauty and horror\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Hermann Hesse's greatest novels, \u003ci\u003eNarcissus and Goldmund \u003c\/i\u003eis an extraordinary recreation of the Middle Ages, contrasting the careers of two friends, one of whom shuns life in a monastery and goes on the road, tangled in the extremes of life in a world dominated by sin, plague and war, the other staying in the monastery and struggling, with equal difficulty, to lead a life of spiritual denial.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn superb feat of imagination, \u003ci\u003eNarcissus and Goldmund \u003c\/i\u003ecan only be compared to such films set in medieval Europe as Bergman's \u003ci\u003eThe Seventh Seal \u003c\/i\u003eand Tarkovsky's \u003ci\u003eAndrei Rublev\u003c\/i\u003e.  It is a gripping, profound reading experience - as startling, in its different way, as Hesse's \u003ci\u003eSiddhartha \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSteppenwolf\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171398332574,"sku":"UBD-9780141984612","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780141984612.jpg?v=1787220312","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780141984612","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}