Reflections Author:Hermann Hesse The aging Hermann Hesse arranged to have privately printed a collection of thirty-nine brief passages culled from his writings, with which to reply to some of the innumerable letters he received. The existence of this book provided encouragments for the present expanded volume, which was first published in Germany in 1971. — With quotations arran... more »ged according to subject, Reflections distills the ideas that Hesse expressed throughout his life. The reflections presented are distinguished not by esprit of virtuosity but by credibility. They are the products of lived conflicts. They are authentic.« less