HESSE, Hermann.

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Der Steppenwolf. Inscribed by the author to his ophthalmologist on the front free endpaper: "Presented to the esteemed, dear Count von Wiser. This book does not have a very good reputation, however it does not just consider recovery, but also Mozart and the Immortal, H Hesse" (our translation). Maximilian Count von Wiser (1861-1938) ran a renowned eye clinic in Bad Eilsen, Germany, where he treated Hesse until 1936. First published in 1927, Der Steppenwolf was castigated by the Nazis as corrupting. It became a classic of international literature, totemic to the international freethinking generation that came of age in the 1960s.

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