"Hesse's Fairy Tales for Everyone" Author: [Germany] Hermann Hesse Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company

Introduction · · · · · ·
Hesse's fairy tales do not begin with "Once upon a time"

Not all characters are humans or animals.

The old mountain, the stubborn wicker chair, the proud boy, the ugly dwarf

All lives are lived in a mess of inescapable difficulties.

Find their own ending

This book collects 20 fairy tales by Hesse, from the first fairy tale "The Two Brothers" written at the age of ten, to "Irises" dedicated to his beloved wife, and then to "King You of Zhou" which originated from the story of lighting beacons to trick the princes. Hesse injected his thoughts on the purpose of life, criticism of war, and the eternal search for self into his stories.