{"product_id":"gertrude-by-hermann-hesse","title":"'Gertrude' by Hermann Hesse","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFirst published in 1910, \u003cem\u003eGertrude\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Hesse's earlier novels, already deeply concerned with questions that would recur throughout his work: the divided self, the solitude of the artist, and the difficulty of reconciling creative fulfilment with intimacy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGertrude\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows Kuhn, a young musician whose life is altered by a debilitating accident. Finding purpose in composition, he becomes entangled in the lives of two people. One is Heinrich Muoth, a gifted but volatile opera singer, and the other is Gertrude, the woman whose presence comes to shape both men's emotional and artistic worlds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMusic becomes more than a profession or an aesthetic pursuit; it offers a means of giving form to experiences that resist ordinary language. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn introspective, psychologically rich novel for readers drawn to Hesse's explorations of individuality, suffering and the demands of the creative life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux \/ Noonday Press, 1973. Eighth printing of the 1969 revised English translation. Vintage paperback. Visible age-toning, cover rubbing, edge wear and some discolouration. Good vintage condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67725110902867,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-10-17T121321.107.png?v=1792199634","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/gertrude-by-hermann-hesse","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}