{"product_id":"the-glass-bead-game-penguin-modern-classics-by-hermann-hesse","title":"The Glass Bead Game (Penguin Modern Classics) by Hermann Hesse","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the 23rd century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, which has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish.  Editorial Reviews  From School Library Journal Starred Review. Nobel prize winner Hesse's final novel, here available for the first time on audio, is set in a 23rd-century utopia in which the intellectual elite have distilled all available knowledge of math, music, science, and art into an elaborately coded game. Cleanly and precisely describing this complex and dense future is theater actor\/director David Colacci, who has previously read titles by Greg Iles and Anne Perry. While the length may seem daunting, Colacci's voice remains fresh through the 17th CD of this captivating novel. For large public and academic libraries. [Audio clip available through www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com.--Ed.]--J. Sara Paulk, Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Cty. Lib., GA  Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.  Review One of the truly important books of the century, in any language * The Times * Sublime -- Thomas Mann A massive novel set out to explore the positive side of human nature, the fullness of man's capacity as a thinker and as a prober into scared mysteries...Touching and impressive * Observer * --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.  About the Author Nobel Prize-winner Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter who is best-known for his seminal novels Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, and The Glass Bead Game. A child of missionaries, Hesse s writings are heavily influenced by Eastern mysticism, spirituality and the search for self-knowledge, themes that resonated with the hippie culture of the 1960s and which contributed to a resurgence in interest for Hesse s work following his death in 1962.  David Colacci has been an actor and a director for over thirty years, and has worked as a narrator for over fifteen years. He has won AudioFile Earphones Awards, earned Audie nominations, and been included in Best of Year lists by such publications as Publishers Weekly, AudioFile magazine, and Library Journal. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43487143886922,"sku":"6493bq","price":8.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6493bq_bd34939a-5694-4580-8fda-5f4dc55da90c.jpg?v=1775649683","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/the-glass-bead-game-penguin-modern-classics-by-hermann-hesse","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}