Pictor's Metamorphoses and Other Fantasies [Paperback]

In the spring of 1922, several months after completingSiddhartha, Hermann Hesse wrote a fairy tale that was also a love story, inspired by the woman who was to become his second wife. That story,Pictor's Metamorphoses, is the centerpiece of this anthology of Hesse's luminous short fiction. Based onThe Arabian Nightsand the work of the Brothers Grimm, the nineteen stories collected here represent a half century of Hesse's short writings. They display the full range of Hesse's lifetime fascination with fantasy--as dream, fairy tale, satire, or allegory.

Hermann Hessewas born in Germany in 1877 and later became a citizen of Switzerland. As a Western man profoundly affected by the mysticism of Eastern thought, he wrote novels, stories, and essays bearing a vital spiritual force that has captured the imagination and loyalty of many generations of readers. His works includeSteppenwolf,Narcissus and Goldmund, andThe Glass Bead Game. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. Hermann Hesse died in 1962.

Lulu (1900)

Hannes (1906)

The Merman (1907)

The Enamored Youth (1907)

Three Lindens (1912)

The Man of the Forests (1914)

The Dream of the Gods (1914)

The Painter (1918)

Tale of the Wicker Chair (1918)

Conversation with the Stove (1919)

Pictor's Metamorphoses (1922)

The Tourist City in the South (1925)

Among the Massagetae (1927)

King Yu (1929)

Bird (1932)

Nocturnal Games (1948)

Report from Normalia (1948)

Christmas with Two Children's Stories (1950)

The Jackdaw (1951)