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by Hermann Hesse

Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse’s iconic countercultural novel about the search for authenticity in an inauthentic world, in a new translation A Penguin Classic At first glance, Harry Haller seems like a respectable, educated man. In reality, he is the Steppenwolf: wild, strange, alienated from society, and repulsed by the modern age. But as he is drawn into a series of dreamlike and sometimes savage encounters—accompanied by, among others, Mozart, Goethe, and the bewitching Hermione—the misanthropic Haller undergoes a spiritual, even psychedelic, journey, and ultimately discovers a higher truth and the possibility of happiness. This blistering portrait of a man who feels himself to be half human and half wolf was the bible of the 1960s counterculture, capturing the mood of a disaffected generation. It continues to resonate as a haunting story of estrangement, redemption, and the search for one’s place in the world.

The Timeless Tale of Survival in the Wild North

by Jack London

Stolen from the warmth of a California home, Buck is thrust into the unforgiving wilderness of the Yukon. There, amid snowstorms, sled teams, and desperate gold seekers, he must fight for survival in a world ruled by strength and cunning. Gradually, the comforts of civilization fall away, and the ancient voice of the wild begins to call him. With vivid scenes of the Klondike frontier, The Call of the Wild is one of Jack London’s most powerful tales of nature, courage, and transformation. This is the English-language hardcover edition of the novel. Jack London. The Call of the Wild. The Call of the Wild was first published in serial form in The Saturday Evening Post in 1903. The first book edition was published by Macmillan, New York, in 1903. Vollständige Neuausgabe, 1. Auflage, Göttingen 2026. LIWI Literatur- und Wissenschaftsverlag