{"product_id":"narcissus-and-goldmund-by-hermann-hesse-9780141984612","title":"Narcissus and Goldmund","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gripping, vivid novel which brings to life Europe in the Middle Ages, in all its beauty and horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Hermann Hesse's greatest novels, \u003cem\u003eNarcissus and Goldmund\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary recreation of the Middle Ages, contrasting the careers of two friends. One of them shuns life in a monastery and goes on the road, entangled in the extremes of life in a world dominated by sin, plague, and war. The other stays in the monastery, struggling with equal difficulty, to lead a life of spiritual denial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn superb feat of imagination, \u003cem\u003eNarcissus and Goldmund\u003c\/em\u003e can only be compared to such films set in medieval Europe as Bergman's \u003cem\u003eThe Seventh Seal\u003c\/em\u003e and Tarkovsky's \u003cem\u003eAndrei Rublev\u003c\/em\u003e. It is a gripping, profound reading experience— as startling, in its different way, as Hesse's \u003cem\u003eSiddhartha\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSteppenwolf\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46071816454380,"sku":"9780141984612","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780141984612.jpg?v=1736068094","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/narcissus-and-goldmund-by-hermann-hesse-9780141984612","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}