The youth are beautiful
Schön ist die Jugend was first published in 1916 by S. Fischer Verlag and contained the two stories Schön ist die Jugend and Der Zyklon by Hermann Hesse .
Schön ist die Jugend is about a young man who, after a long search for a place in society, has “become something decent” and returns to his parents' house. The following summer months are described before the protagonist takes up a job abroad. In a very detailed and atmospheric language, Hesse describes the memory of childhood and the security in an intact family, which one can bring out at any time with a little luck and a sunny disposition, as Anna Amberg, the unmatched love of this story, expresses to make times of need and pain a little more bearable.
The very soulful narrative is in stark contrast to Hesse's life situation during these years. The year 1916 was overshadowed for him by the death of his father, the breakdown of his marriage and the progressive illness of his wife and the illness of his youngest son. In that year Hesse also began his psychoanalytic treatment with Jung's student JB Lang .
Book editions
- The youth are beautiful . Two stories. Fischer, Berlin 1916; 112,000 1940 (Fischer's library of contemporary novels, 7th series, vol. 9)
- The youth are beautiful . Two stories. Gute Schriften , Zurich 1946; 2nd A. 1953
- The youth are beautiful. The cyclone. Two stories. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1961; 12th thousand 1962 ( Suhrkamp library , vol. 65/1)
- The youth are beautiful . Stories. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1971; 188th Th. 1985, ISBN 3-596-21273-1 (Fischer-Taschenbücher, No. 1273; contains a third story, Heumond )
- The youth are beautiful . Narrative. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1988; 4. A. 1994, ISBN 3-518-37880-5 (st 1380; only title narration)