![]() ![]() ![]() 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. It is essentially a fairy tale dealing with the subconscious, magic and the dream world. Unlike his earlier works, the story does not lend itself to rational interpretation. The latter is clearly our world as Hesse saw it, rendered mythical, and the former is an idealized world that ours could be. 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. On one star, life is valued, beauty is appreciated, reason is respected, humane traditions are cultivated, love and happiness are experienced and peace prevails. In the fairy tale, two stars are juxtaposed. At the time of writing, Hesse was working as an army nurse tending to wounded soldiers. ![]() ![]() Hesse wrote this short fairy tale in April 1915, one year after the start of the First World War. The book title was inspired by Hesse's timeless classic " Strange News from Another Star". The book, which is a Collector's Item Strange News from Another Star, Faldum, Iris, Fine Dream Sequence, A Difficult Path, The Poet, Augustus, and Flute Dream. “ Strange News” is a collection of newly translated fairy tales written by Hermann Hesse during World War One. ![]()
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