This synthesis of prose, poetry, and watercolor sketches--one of Hesse's favorite books--has never before appeared in English.

In 1920, after settling in the Ticino mountain village of Montagnola, he published Wandering, a love letter to this magic-garden world that can be read as a meditation on his attempt to begin a new life. His pure prose, his heartfelt lyricism, and his love for the old earth, for its blessings that renew themselves, all sing in this serene book.109 pages with b&w reproductions of watercolors.