Mu 1923, Hesse akawana ugari hweSwitzerland. Mabasa ake makuru anotevera, Kurgast (1925) uye The Nuremberg Trip (1927), aive nhoroondo dzehupenyu hwekunyora uye akafanotaura nhoroondo inotevera yaHesse, Steppenwolf, iyo yakabudiswa muna 1927. Mugore rekuzvarwa kwake makumi mashanu, nhoroondo yekutanga yaHesse yakaonekwa, yakanyorwa neshamwari yake Hugo Ball. Nguva pfupi mushure mekubudirira kwake nyowani, akabva kure nekusurukirwa kwaSteppenwolf uye akaroora munyori wenhoroondo yehunyanzvi Ninon Dolbin, akaberekerwa Ausländer. Shanduko iyi yekufambidzana yakaratidzwa munoverengeka Narcissus naGoldmund, yakaonekwa muna 1930. Muna 1931, Hesse akasiya Camuzzi uye akatamira neCasa Ninon kuimba hombe (Casa) padyo neHesse Montagnola, iyo yakavakwa maererano nezvaaida Mubvunzo: Chii chakaitwa naDolbin?
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