El Lobo Estepario [Steppenwolf]

De: Hermann Hesse

Narrado por: Daniel Quintero

La novela que influenció toda una generación. El Lobo estepario es una de las grandes novelas del premio Nobel de 1946 Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), por tratar en forma profunda el tema del antagonismo entre las dos naturalezas de un individuo, en este caso Harry Haller, una persona desilusionada de la vida, que alterna la que se considera naturaleza bondadosa del ser humano con la ferocidad que caracteriza al lobo estepario. El misticismo y fantasía en que se desarrolla la obra, además de los conceptos que se derivan de ella, tuvo influencia en la forma de pensar y de comportarse de los jóvenes de los años cincuentas, que se veían reflejados en la personalidad dual de Haller.

Here is the novel that influenced an entire generation. Steppenwolf is considered one of the greatest novels of author Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), who won the Nobel Prize in 1946.

The story analyzes, in a deep way, the antagonism between the dual natures within an individual: Harry Haller, a man disappointed with life, who alternates between what is considered the kindness of a human being with the ferocity that characterizes a savage wolf.

The mystical and fantasy elements of the book, in addition to its original ideas, influenced the thinking and behavior of 1950s youth, who saw themselves reflected in Haller's dual personality.

Please Note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

©2006 Editorial Fonolibros, SA (P)2006 Editorial Fonolibros, SA

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Would you try another book from Hermann Hesse and/or Daniel Quintero?

Absolutely

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

No arrive to the end yet

What didn’t you like about Daniel Quintero’s performance?

Good, great voice, pronounciation, and vocalization

Any additional comments?

There are missing parragraphs from the written book. During the first 20 minutes 3 parragraphs are missing
this one for instance in minute 19
“No, estoy persuadido de que no se ha quitado la vida. Vive todavía; por cualquier parte va subiendo y bajando, sobre sus piernas cansadas, las escaleras de casa extrañas; en cualquier parte está mirando fijamente suelos relucientes de parquet y araucarias pulcramente cuidadas; pasa los días en las bibliotecas y las noches en los colmados, o está tendido sobre un sofá alquilado; desde sus ventanas oye vivir al mundo y a los hombres y se sabe excluido, pero no se mata, pues un resto de fe le dice que tiene que apurar hasta el fin dentro de su corazón este sufrimiento, este tremendo sufrimiento, que es de lo que, a la postre, habrá de morir. Yo pienso con frecuencia en él; no me ha hecho la vida más fácil, no tuvo el don de apoyar y fomentar en mi lo fuerte y alegre, ¡oh, al contrario! Pero yo no soy él, y yo no llevo su clase de vida, sino la mía: una vida minúscula y burguesa, pero asegurada y llena de deberes. Y de este modo podemos pensar en él con calma y amistad yo y mi tía, la cual sabría contar de él más que yo; pero[…]”

The Wolf Who Could Not Laugh

Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf is less a conventional novel than a psychological masquerade, a strange descent into a man who believes he is divided between civilization and animal instinct. Harry Haller sees himself as half refined intellectual, half wolf: a lover of books, music, and ideas, but also a lonely creature disgusted by ordinary bourgeois life. The irony is that he despises the bourgeois world while still needing its clean rooms, respectable neighborhoods, and quiet staircases.

The first part shows Harry sick, isolated, and almost proud of his misery. Then Hermine enters like a guide, a mirror, and a destroyer of illusions. She does not simply “free the wolf.” She exposes that even Harry’s wolf is not truly free. His wildness is mixed with pride, fear, resentment, and a terrible need to feel superior.

Through dancing, Maria, desire, and the masked ball, Harry begins to leave his head and enter the body. He becomes more instinctive, almost animal, recognizing people by gestures, energy, and symbolic scent. But he still keeps the reins tight. He wants passion without embarrassment, rebellion without vulgarity, freedom without losing his dignity.

That is why the Magic Theater matters. When Harry finds Hermine with Pablo and kills her, he fails the test. The act is not merely jealousy, nor simple obedience to her earlier request. It is Harry turning life into tragedy again. He mistakes the theater of the soul for literal destiny.

The laughter at the end is his punishment and his cure. Harry must learn that life is not solved by choosing man or wolf. He must learn to play, to break, to desire, to suffer, and finally to laugh at himself. For me, its final lesson is brutal: the proud wolf was another cage, and laughter the key.

Inteligente e instigante

ouvi dias vezes em sequência. muito bom conteúdo e ótima narração. A sutileza do pensamento humano refletindo sobre sociedade, solidão e medo, com a genialidade dos grandes escritores.

grandiosa narración

Nada de ruidos ni molestias, solo una voz agradable en qué centrarse, al ritmo justo para digerir todo lo que el autor quería transmitir

Excelente libro

Muy bello libro. De facil escucha, buena vwrsion resumida. Uno de,los mejores de Hesse. Es interesante la estructura narrativa y postulado conceptual.