Hesse, Hermann  <br/><br/>
The Glass Bead Game 

 - London;  Vintage,  2000 
 - 530p, 
<br/><br/> In the remote Kingdom of Castalia, the scholars of the Twenty Third century play the Glass Bead Game. The elaborately coded game is a fusion of all human knowledge - of math's, music, philosophy, science, and art. Intrigued as a school boy, Joseph Knecht becomes consumed with mastering the game as an adult. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780099283621 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fiction<br/>Novel
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>833.912  / HES-T