{"id":668,"date":"2023-05-14T12:23:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T12:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/?p=668"},"modified":"2023-05-15T23:12:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T23:12:20","slug":"butterfliesreflections-tales-and-versewinner-of-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-hermann-hesse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/?p=668","title":{"rendered":"Butterflies:<\/br>Reflections, Tales, and Verse <\/br> <span style=\"color:white;\"> <\/span><\/br>Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Hermann Hesse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><strong>Butterflies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reflections, Tales, and Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Winner of the<\/strong> <strong>Nobel Prize in Literature Hermann Hesse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selected by Volker Michels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Illustrations by Jakob H\u00fcbner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translated from the German by Elisabeth Lauffer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA charming book for nature and literature lovers\u2026.leaving audiences feeling as lucky to encounter it as Hesse felt about meeting his winged subjects.\u201d<br><em>\u2014Foreword<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs long as people struggle with the need to be themselves, and the difficulty of doing so, he will be a living presence\u2014which is even better, perhaps, than being a great writer.\u00a0\u201d<br><em>\u2014The New Yorker, praise for Hermann Hesse<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This elegant collection of writings on butterflies and nature reveals Hermann Hesse\u2019s inspired thoughts on change and its effects on our sense of beauty, soul, and wonderment. Joined with the artistry of Jakob H\u00fcbner, whose precise and beautiful engraved copper chalcography technique was among Mr. Hesse\u2019s favorites, <em>Butterflies: Reflections, Tales, and Verse<\/em> inspires a window through which to see a butterfly\u2019s cycle of life as also being a representation of our own transitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 <em>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<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"207\" src=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Hermann-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-527\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Volker Michels, the world\u2019s foremost authority on Hermann Hesse\u2019s work, manages the Nobel laureate\u2019s literary and artistic estate. Jakob H\u00fcbner (1761\u20131826) was a German painter, designer, and entomologist acclaimed for his colorful copper engravings illustrating natural wonders. Elisabeth Lauffer is the translator of more than twenty books from German. She is the recipient of numerous honors including the Gutekunst Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hardcover | cloth<br>5 x 7 inches | 136 pages | 110 full-color engraved copper illustrations\u00a0<br>ISBN-13: 979-8-9859558-5-9<br>Price: US $30.00 | Nature May 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Butterflies-Reflections-Tales-Hermann-Hesse\/dp\/B0BJPFV3YJ\/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1684010398&#038;refinements=p_27:Volker+Michels&#038;s=books&#038;sr=1-2&#038;text=Volker+Michels\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Amazon.jpg\" alt=\"amazon\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/butterflies-hermann-hesse\/1142945167\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Barnes-Noble.jpg\" alt=\"Barnes Noble\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.booksamillion.com\/p\/Butterflies\/Hermann-Hesse\/9798985955859?id=7930381945322\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Book-a-Million-1.jpg\" alt=\"Book a Million\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/butterflies-an-anthology-of-writings-hermann-hesse\/18967558?ean=9798985955859\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Indie-Bound-1.jpg\" alt=\"Indie Bound\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/butterflies-an-anthology-of-writings-hermann-hesse\/18967558?ean=9798985955859\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BookShop.jpg\" alt=\"Book Shop\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"956\" src=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/butterfilies-innerpage-1024x956.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-660\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/butterfilies-innerpage-1024x956.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/butterfilies-innerpage-300x280.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/butterfilies-innerpage-768x717.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/butterfilies-innerpage.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Butterflies: Reflections, Tales, and Verse Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Hermann Hesse Selected by Volker Michels Illustrations by Jakob H\u00fcbner Translated from the German by Elisabeth Lauffer \u201cA charming book for nature and literature lovers\u2026.leaving audiences feeling as lucky to encounter it as Hesse felt about meeting his winged subjects.\u201d\u2014Foreword \u201cAs long as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":680,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions\/680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}