Hermann Hesse, Trees
Kales Press, 2022
Winner of the American Translators Association Frederick Ungar Award
An elegant collection of Hesse’s essays, poems, and passages on the subject of trees, with thirty-two of his watercolors, selected by the world’s leading expert on Hesse, Volker Michels. Hesse understood trees to be symbols of transcendence and rebirth, of instinctive growth present in all natural life. This anthology reveals his inspired thoughts on nature, spirituality, and self-knowledge.
“[A] slender gem of a book… One of humanity’s most beautiful love letters to trees.” — Maria Popova, The Marginalian
“This beautiful collection of some of his essays and poems, focused on trees, will be balm for your soul.” — Manhattan Book Review
“Extraordinary and unreservedly recommended.” ― Midwest Book Review
“A lovely book…. Right into the heart of the matter.” — Patheos
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