Hermann Hesse 
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As"The last knight of German romanticism", the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, Hesse”s new 10-volume anthology, translated by famous writers, includes novels, novellas, short stories, poems, essays, fairy tales and paintings, comprehensively displaying Hesse”s creative career.Hesse has written for over 70 years with his works covering a wide range, in addition to Beneath the Wheel, Steppenwolf, Narziss and Goldmund and Glass Bead Game, he also insisted in writing short stories. Hesse specialized in the art of symbolism to refract the deep tingling of the outside world to the human heart from the spiritual and psychological aspects, so that the inner meaning of the work has been coagulated and sublimated. The collection of 26 short stories in this book are the boutique works of Hesse and they reflected the author”s different characteristics and style at the various creation stages and assisted as well as inspired the readers to have a comprehensive understanding to Hesse and his creative thinking and art.