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First World War and the 1920s, 1914 to 1929

4 books

DemianHermann Hesse · 1919A 1919 novel by Hermann Hesse, told as the first-person story of Emil Sinclair's youth. It follows a boy navigating the conflict between the ordered world of family and respectability and a darker, tempting outside world as he searches for his true self.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
SiddharthaHermann Hesse · 1922A 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse, subtitled An Indian Tale, following Siddhartha, the gifted son of a Brahman in ancient India, who leaves his privileged religious upbringing to join wandering ascetics in search of spiritual fulfillment.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
The Goose ManJakob Wassermann · 1915A 1915 novel by Jakob Wassermann, translated into English, set in nineteenth-century Bavaria. It follows a poor weaver who entrusts his savings to a self-serving relative to provide for his wife and young son, Daniel.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية
The TrialFranz Kafka · 1925A novel by Franz Kafka, first published in 1925, in which bank clerk Josef K. is arrested one morning for an unspecified crime and must navigate a mysterious and opaque legal system.ENES中文हिन्दीالعربية