{"id":535,"date":"2022-06-26T06:44:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T06:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/?p=535"},"modified":"2023-05-15T23:14:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T23:14:04","slug":"trees-an-anthology-of-writings-and-paintings-nobel-prize-in-literature-laureate-hermann-hesse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/?p=535","title":{"rendered":"Trees: <\/br>An Anthology of Writings and Paintings <\/br>  <\/span><\/br>Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Hermann Hesse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Trees:<\/strong>
An Anthology of Writings and Paintings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Hermann Hesse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected by Volker Michel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated from the German by Damion Searls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“One of humanity\u2019s most beautiful love letters to trees.\u201d
\u2015 The Marginalian<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNature frequently brings out our deepest thoughts, but few can express those thoughts better than Hermann Hesse does in this anthology.\u201d
\u2014New York Journal of Books<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis beautiful collection of some of his essays and poems, focused on trees, will be balm for your soul.\u201d
\u2014Manhattan Book Review<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Superbly illustrated with 31 full-color watercolors painted by Hermann Hesse, ‘Trees: An Anthology of Writings and Paintings’ is extraordinary and unreservedly recommended.”
\u2015 Midwest Book Review<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lovely book\u2026.Right into the heart of the matter.\u201d
\u2014Patheos<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLovingly put together \u2026 [with] many beautiful and moving passages from Hesse\u2019s essays, novels, and poems to accompany the images.\u201d
\u2014Today\u2019s American Catholic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This elegant collection of Hermann Hesse\u2019s essays, poems, and passages on trees, accompanied by thirty-two of his hand-painted watercolor illustrations, reveals his sacred understanding of trees as symbols of transcendence and rebirth. Trees <\/em>mirrors landscapes as Hesse experienced them, both artistically and spiritually, and reminds us that the life of a tree is also a metaphor for our own life of perseverance, happiness, and purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hermann Hesse was born in 1877 in Calw, Germany. He rose to become a celebrated author and the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. As the son of missionaries, he developed a fascination with self-discovery and spiritual explorations, an interest also likely due in part to his lifelong struggle with depression, which led him to study Sigmund Freud and, later, to undergo psychoanalysis with Carl Jung. In 1912 he moved to Switzerland, where he wrote his best-known books, including the classic Siddhartha<\/em>; composed poetry; and painted landscapes. He passed away in 1962 in Montagnola, Switzerland. Hesse is one of the most widely translated authors of the twentieth century; his work continues to have influence worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Volker Michels, the world\u2019s foremost authority on Hermann Hesse\u2019s work, manages the Nobel laureate\u2019s literary and artistic estate. Damion Searls is the translator of more than fifty books, including Hermann Hesse\u2019s Demian,<\/em> and the recipient of numerous awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardcover | cloth
5 x 7 inches | 136 pages | 32 full-color watercolors painted by Hermann Hesse
ISBN-13: 978-1-7378327-1-3
$30.00 | Nature
May 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"amazon\"<\/a>\n\"Barnes<\/a>\n\"Book<\/a>\n\"Indie<\/a>\n\"Book<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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