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732.

Their soles made crunching noises on the slightly frozen snow; the sky was still red with dawn.

Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund, translated by Ursele Molinaro, Bantam, 1971, p. 123.

PLACE: a knight's homestead in Germany

TIME: the Middle Ages

CIRCUMSTANCE: the first snow of the year

 

733.

That evening he came to a beautiful village, wedged between the river and red vineyards along the wide highway. The pretty woodwork on the gabled houses was painted red; there were arched entranceways and narrow alloys full of stone steps. A forge threw a fiery red glow across the street; he heard the clear ringing of the anvil.

Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund, translated by Ursele Molinaro, Bantam, 1971, p. 143.

PLACE: a village in Germany

TIME: the Middle Ages

CIRCUMSTANCE: Goldmund continues on his travels

 

734.

The next morning, after the city had awakened and become noisy....

Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund, translated by Ursele Molinaro, Bantam, 1971, p. 149.

PLACE: a town in Germany

TIME: the Middle Ages

CIRCUMSTANCE: Goldmund searches for the sculptor Master Niklaus


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