Knulp

Name: Knulp
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Author: Hermann Hesse
ISBN: 9798295399398

Author: Hermann Hesse

Narrator: Arlo Eddowes

Unabridged: 3 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 02/04/2026

Categories: Fiction, World Literature, Classic

Synopsis

Knulp : Three Tales from the Life of Knulp is a novella by Hermann Hesse, published in 1915 by S. Fischer Verlag. The three stories about a tramp, Knulp, which Hesse wrote between 1907 and 1914, are part of his “Gerbersau” tales.

About Hermann Hesse

Poet and novelist Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) was born in Germany and later became a citizen of Switzerland. As a Western man profoundly affected by the mysticism of Eastern thought, he wrote many novels, stories, and essays that bear a vital spiritual force that has captured the imagination and loyalty of many generations of readers. Among his many works are The Glass Bead Game, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and Narcissus and Goldmund. In 1946, Hesse was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ben on May 23, 2022

I hesitate to recommend this so highly, yet I must have read it five times by now and every time it inspires me, moves me, makes me cry. It’s so simple, so understated, could so easily be sentimental, but it’s heartfelt. Hesse is the author I feel I should grow out of but never do - I’ve loved him e......more

Goodreads review by Susan on March 27, 2020

To be all things, God also has to be this thing that is me. Tat tvam asi. This is that. God is perfect. Creation is imperfect. God is actual. Creation is potential. The potential does not precede the actual. On the contrary. The actual encompasses the potential. (See Aristotle.) Must not perfection,......more

Goodreads review by Pedro Pacifico Book.ster on November 16, 2020

O meu primeiro contato com o ganhador do Prêmio Nobel de 1946 foi com “Sidarta”. Amei a leitura, sobretudo a forma como Hesse conseguiu em poucas páginas construir personagens profundos e nos conduzir por questionamentos existenciais. Apesar de tratar de uma temática bem distinta, a verdade é que a l......more

Goodreads review by Ivy-Mabel on September 15, 2024

I dug this up when I was clearing out and was somewhat surprised to find it was in Dutch - well, never mind, it made me use my brain, which can never be a bad thing! And the Dutch of it is not horrendously difficult (although Hesse is famous in Germany for using an extensive vocabulary, so you may w......more