{"product_id":"the-adventurous-simplicissimus","title":"Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat can an innocent boy learn about goodness when soldiers destroy the only world he knows?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeep in the Spessart forest, Simplicius lives with a peasant family, so ignorant that he does not know his own name. Then plundering soldiers arrive. Thrown into the Thirty Years War, he must learn how to survive and what to believe. A kind hermit offers shelter, a name and a conscience—but the world beyond the woods has other lessons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Adventurous Simplicissimus, Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen turns a wandering life into sharp, often bitter comedy. Simplicius tells his own story as servant, fool, hunter, soldier and wanderer. Through his changing fortunes, the novel explores greed, faith, vanity and ambition. Its Germany is a place where ordinary people bear the damage of war, and innocence meets human folly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn innocent eye\u003c\/strong\u003e – See familiar human failings through a forest boy who has almost everything to learn.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWar beyond the battlefield\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter the damage done to ordinary lives, far from generals and treaties.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe fool's uneasy wisdom\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow the tension between what Simplicius believes and how people around him behave.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo contrasting companions\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet honest Ulrich Herzbruder and ruthless Olivier, whose lives offer sharply different examples.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLaughter with a bitter edge\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover comedy that exposes greed and vanity without looking away from suffering.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy wandering adventures with a satirical edge, and anyone curious about the Thirty Years War as ordinary people experience it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and meet Simplicius on his lonely farm in the woods.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534642446684,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/02577_en_ebook-front_c04.jpg?v=1792174997","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/de\/products\/der-abenteuerliche-simplicissimus","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}