{"product_id":"narcissus-goldmund","title":"Narcissus and Goldmund","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gripping, vivid novel which brings to life Europe in the Middle Ages, in all its beauty and horror\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Hermann Hesse's greatest novels,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNarcissus and Goldmund\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis an extraordinary recreation of the Middle Ages, contrasting the careers of two friends, one of whom shuns life in a monastery and goes on the road, tangled in the extremes of life in a world dominated by sin, plague and war, the other staying in the monastery and struggling, with equal difficulty, to lead a life of spiritual denial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn superb feat of imagination,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNarcissus and Goldmund\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ecan only be compared to such films set in medieval Europe as Bergman's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seventh Seal\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand Tarkovsky's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrei Rublev\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a gripping, profound reading experience - as startling, in its different way, as Hesse's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSiddhartha\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteppenwolf\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRHD Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45139963052255,"sku":"9780141984612","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9780141984612.jpg?v=1744083825","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.pro\/products\/narcissus-goldmund","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}