If The War Goes On

If the War Goes On… (1974) by Hermann Hesse – Picador Edition
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In If the War Goes On…, Nobel Prize-winner Hermann Hesse turns his pen against the madness of modern conflict. This 1974 Picador edition gathers Hesse’s anti-war essays, letters, and reflections—spanning two world wars and an unwavering belief in the individual conscience over national hysteria. It’s part protest, part philosophy, and all Hesse: lucid, poetic, and uncompromising.

Our copy? It’s seen more battles with damp and dust than any soldier in a trench. But the words are intact, the ideas still fierce, and the cover art still channeling that unmistakable ‘70s angst.

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