Böcker av Joseph Mileck

Joseph Mileck tells the story of his life in a nutshell, from his birth in 1922 in a village in Roumania to his youth in the steel town of Hamilton, Ontario in Canada, and on to graduate school at Harvard University then to the University of California in Berkeley, up to his death at the age of 100 in December, 2022. Fully illustrated with photos from his archives.

Originally published in celebration of Hermann Hesse's 80th birthday, this highly documented study, practical handbook, and reference work is presented in three parts. Mileck gives a short biography of Hesse's life and a general characterization of his writing, followed by a critical history of Hesse scholarship, and an exhaustive bibliography.

Hesse has led a long and sometimes eventful life with marital tensions, travel controversy, crises, even some thoughts of suicide and a period of time as a student in a home for retarded and unmanageable. Hesse was a prolific author for some 60 years. In this book, he tells his story.