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title: "Peter Camenzind: A Novel"
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price: "HK$275"
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reviews_count: 9
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# Peter Camenzind: A Novel

**Brand:** picador
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Peter Camenzind: A Novel

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## Customer Reviews

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    The First One
  

*by C***A on Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2018*

And forever one of my Favorites. Like Peter I spent my early years on a small farm near a small town in a small state called Ohio (which means "Good Morning" in Japanese and my father fought against the Japanese in the Pacific in WWII make of that what you will,  Synchronicity Buffs.Unfortunately I was born in 1950 and Societal Change has left me with no home to go home to now that I grow old.I envy Peter his Ouroboric Odyssey and so wil YOU!

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    A novel about youth:  idealism and romanticism
  

*by T***Y on Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2003*

Hesse's first book is an enjoyable novel about youth in search of the ideal and touched by the romantic.  Written by Hesse in 1904 when he was 26, it is a precursor to his famous works.  In Peter Camenzind, Hesse reveals a naivety, innocence and humor that is rarely found in his later writings.Here is an excerpt that relects the lyrical quality of young Hesse: "These thoughtless words made me realize that the helpless cripple, beseeching, suffering Boppi, whom we did not love, whom we wanted to get rid of, sat sad and alone, locked in one room....And then I remembered that I had told the neighbors in Assisi about St. Francis and had boasted that he had taught me to love all mankind.  Why had I studied the saint's life and learned by heart his hymn to love and tried to retrace his footsteps in the Umbrian hills, when I allowed a poor and helpless creature to lay there suffering though I could help him? The weight of an invisible, mighty hand fell on my heart, crushing it with shame and hurt, and I began to tremble.  I know that God wanted a word with me."

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    Hesse's First Novel
  

*by M***' on Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2014*

Like many of Hesse’s novels, “Peter Camenzind” is a Bildungsroman, literally a “novel of education” wherein we witness the coming-of-age of the eponymous protagonist. As seems to be the case with Hesse, the protagonist develops while other characters tend not to; rather, they serve the purpose of driving the maturation of Peter Camenzind, particularly his friendship with Boppi. Hesse spares details when they do not contribute directly to this growth; the most fleshed-out portions deal with the thoughts and emotions of Peter Camenzind himself as he goes from the rural mountain village to one city after another before realizing the village is where he truly belongs.Overall, “Peter Camenzind”” is a good but not great Hesse novel. A lot of the themes expressed here are developed more thoroughly in later novels. If you are new to Hesse, I recommend reading “Siddhartha” and/or “Narcissus and Goldmund” first. If you are already a Hesse fan, by all means read this book.

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