Wandering

In 1920 Hermann Hesse published Wanderung (“Wandering”), a collection of prose-poems and vignettes accompanied in some editions by his own watercolor illustrations. Wandering is a quiet, meditative work quite distinct from the fiery Klingsor that appeared the same year.

Subtitled “Notes and Sketches” in English translations, it’s essentially a literary travelogue of Hesse’s walks and reflections in nature, written during and after World War I.

Published by S. Fischer in Berlin, Wanderung is Hesse’s love letter to the simple life of wanderers, a celebration of solitude and the small revelations that come from walking the roads and hills with no fixed destination.