Unlike his earlier works, the story does not lend itself to rational interpretation. The latter is clearly our world as Hesse saw it, rendered mythical, and the former is an idealized world that ours could be. On the other star, jealousy, hatred and despair are cultivated, wars are waged incessantly, battlefield murder is officially condoned, the countryside is left strewn with unattended cadavers and fear prevails. On one star, life is valued, beauty is appreciated, reason is respected, humane traditions are cultivated, love and happiness are experienced and peace prevails.
In the fairy tale, two stars are juxtaposed. We are only their victims.? " Strange News from Another Star" is a short fairy tale written by Hermann Hesse in April 1915, one year after the start of the 1st World War. All of us who must fight wars are not the perpetrators. It occurs by itself, like thunder and lightning.
A very good, clean, sturdy paperback with light shelf wear binding tight, paper cream whiteFifth printing.Synopsis: The war is nobody's fault. Farrar Straus Giroux / Noonday, New York, New York, 1973.
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