EPISODE · Oct 8, 2008 · 21H 20M
The Glass Bead Game [Written by Herman Hesse]
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294350 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Glass Bead Game Author: Herman Hesse Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 8, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature Set in the twenty-third century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game).
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294350 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Glass Bead Game Author: Herman Hesse Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 8, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature Set in the twenty-third century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game).
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