Panguva iyo Hesse akadzokera kuhupenyu hwevanhu muna 1919, muchato wake wakanga waputsika. Mudzimai wake aive nechirwere chepfungwa chakakomba, asi, kunyangwe apora, Hesse haana kuona ramangwana rinogoneka naye. Imba yavo muBern yakakamurwa, vana vavo vakagara mupenjeni uye nehama, uye Hesse akagara ega pakati paApril muTicino. Akagara muimba diki yepurazi padyo neMinuzio (pedyo neLocarno), achigara kubva musi wa25 Kubvumbi kusvika 11 Chivabvu muSorengo. Musi wa11 Chivabvu, akatamira kugutaundi Montagnola ndokurenda makamuri madiki mana muchivako chakafanana nenhare, Casa Camuzzi. Pano, akaongorora zvirongwa zvake zvekunyora; akatanga kupenda, chiitiko chakaratidzwa munyaya yake inotevera huru, "Kustlings's Last Summer", yakaburitswa muna 1920.
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