Hermann Hesse Blazing Summer

Everything must change thought Hermann Hesse In the spring of 1919 he packed his bags and left for Ticino The horror of the First World War had thrown him off course The poet hoped that the climate and light of the south would give him a new lease on life and creative energy beyond the confines of bourgeois conventions With the story Klingsors letzter Sommer Klingsors Last Summer Hesse wrote himself into a summerlong intoxication that was unprecedented for him At the precipice however doom and death await