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    "description": "The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946,\u00a0The Glass Bead Game\u00a0is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature\n\nSet in the 23rd century,\u00a0The Glass Bead Game\u00a0is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game).",
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