Eine Stunde hinter Mitternacht

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Eine Stunde hinter Mitternacht

by Hermann Hesse

DE·~1 hours·11 chapters

Chapters

11 total

Hermann Hesse Eine Stunde hinter Mitternacht

0:16

Inhalt

0:14

Der Inseltraum.

37:02

Albumblatt für Elise.

1:57

Die Fiebermuse.

6:27

Incipit vita nova.

3:50

Das Fest des Königs.

31:29

Gespräche mit dem Stummen.

8:10

An Frau Gertrud.

7:24

Notturno.

6:45

Description

A quiet, dream‑filled wanderer drifts from sea to meadow, letting each breath become a soft brushstroke on the page. The collection blends prose and poetry, creating a mosaic of moments where distant horizons and intimate recollections meet. Themes of solitude, yearning, and the fragile beauty of fleeting sensations run like a gentle current through the whole work, inviting listeners to linger in the space between memory and imagination.

The opening piece, “Der Inseltraum,” follows a shipwrecked traveler who, after long, sun‑less voyages, steps onto a lush shore where wind carries the scent of forest herbs and the light dapples through green canopies. His once‑tattered coat gives way to the sensation of warm earth under bare feet, and a simple floral garland becomes a kind of summer crown. As he moves deeper into the hidden garden, the narrative unfurls with vivid, tactile details that turn an ordinary walk into an inner pilgrimage, hinting at the transformative power of nature and quiet contemplation.

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Language

de

Duration

~1 hours (102K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Jens Sadowski

Release date

2013-03-12

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse

1877–1962

A searching, deeply influential novelist and poet, he wrote about identity, freedom, and the struggle to live honestly. Best known for books like Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, and The Glass Bead Game, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946.

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