{"product_id":"strange-news-from-another-star-9781500348816","title":"Strange News from Another Star","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"The war is nobody's fault. It occurs by itself, like thunder and lightning. All of us who must fight wars are not the perpetrators. We are only their victims.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003cb\u003eStrange News from Another Star\u003c\/b\u003e\" is a short fairy tale written by \u003cb\u003eHermann Hesse\u003c\/b\u003e in April 1915, one year after the start of the 1st World War. In the fairy tale, two stars are juxtaposed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On one star, life is valued, beauty is appreciated, reason is respected, humane traditions are cultivated, love and happiness are experienced and peace prevails. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the other star, jealousy, hatred and despair are cultivated, wars are waged incessantly, battlefield murder is officially condoned, the countryside is left strewn with unattended cadavers and fear prevails. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The latter is clearly our world as Hesse saw it, rendered mythical, and the former is an idealized world that ours could be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unlike his earlier works, the story does not lend itself to rational interpretation. It is essentially a fairy tale dealing with the subconscious, magic and the dream world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The fairy tale represents an intermediate stage between Hesse's initial ambiguous stance to the war, as an internationalist who tolerated war and a pacifist who looked forward to a German victory, and his later active anti-war campaign. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The story, which was titled \u003ci\u003e\"Merkw rdige Nachricht von einem anderen Stern\"\u003c\/i\u003e in German, was one of several that brought Hesse into conflict with supporters of the war, his country and its government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This print edition contains new translations of \u003cstrong\u003eStrange News from Another Star\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eFaldum\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eIris\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eFine Dream Sequence\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eA Difficult Path\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Poet\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eAugustus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6408930\"\u003eHermann Hesse\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781500348816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1500348813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42675427541229,"sku":"9781500348816","price":12.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ad5db4e4-644f-48fc-8702-3ea416f3b956.jpg?v=1649603273","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/strange-news-from-another-star-9781500348816","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}