An eclectic blend of the poetic, spiritual, and philosophical, The Novices of Sais stands as one of the most unique and beautiful writings to come out of German Romanticism. Novalis's work, published posthumously in 1801, is marked by a profound simplicity and reverence for the natural world. Equal parts prose poetry, fairy tale, and philosophical treatise, the disparate elements of Novalis's interests here meld to form something distinctly his own. In a now-rare English edition, first published in 1949, his work is accompanied by sixty drawings from the German surrealist artist Paul Klee, all of which were directly inspired by this piercing exploration of the inner life. This reprint by Angelico Press makes this remarkable work available once again.
