The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Ivan’s request to combine 2 books, including The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi), 7 days ago.

Ivan submitted a request to combine 2 books, including The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi), 8 days ago.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) Friday, October 9 2009.

• Added a contributor: Hermann Hesse: (Primary Author)

Amanda edited the contributors of The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) Tuesday, October 6 2009.

• Removed a contributor: Herman Hesse: (Primary Author)

Jen created the book The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) Saturday, September 5 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) Saturday, August 1 2009.

• 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 23rd 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).

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Herman Hesse: (Primary Author)
• Added a contributor: Richard Winston: (Primary None)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) Thursday, July 16 2009.

• The hierarchic organization cherishes the ideal of anonymity, and comes very close to the realization of that ideal.