Hermann Hesse's great novel of spiritual crisis and fractured identity.

Presented as the manuscript of Harry Haller, a lonely intellectual who believes himself divided between the civilised human and the instinctive "wolf". Written during a period of profound personal turmoil, Hesse's novel explores the instability of the self long before psychology, existentialism and counterculture made such questions fashionable.

Steppenwolf imagines the individual as composed of countless selves, each struggling for expression. It is this mixture of philosophical inquiry, psychological insight and visionary fantasy that has allowed the novel to remain endlessly rediscovered, influencing generations of readers from post-war existentialists to the counterculture of the 1960s and beyond.

Penguin Modern Classics edition, 1973 reprint. Paperback, translated by Basil Creighton. Good to very good condition, with general cover rubbing, edge wear and light creasing. Binding firm and pages clean. Previous owner’s stamp to copyright page.