Journey To The East

[koan]

I asked my daughter to buy me a bunch of Hermann Hesse books for Christmas. This is a very short one.

It was a fun read. The ending is fairly powerful, IMO. He's writing about a secret society, presumably the Freemasons or Rosicrucians. I haven't researched it online yet. It's a little bumbling, as intended, at the beginning and has the basic points, IMO, that 1) we know nothing 2) we are everyone

I liked it.

[Bryn Mawr]

I was particularly taken by his The Glass Bead Game - excellent writer and interesting subject.

[koan]

Glass Bead Game is my favourite book. I actually adapted it to a screenplay and think it works, despite all probability.

Siddhartha and Demian were the first two Hesse books that I came across. I haven't made it through all of Steppenwolf yet, though I've started a couple of times. There is quality in all his writing but Glass Bead Game is definitely his masterpiece.

[Nomad]

koan;1156858 wrote: I asked my daughter to buy me a bunch of Hermann Hesse books for Christmas. This is a very short one.



It was a fun read. The ending is fairly powerful, IMO. He's writing about a secret society, presumably the Freemasons or Rosicrucians. I haven't researched it online yet. It's a little bumbling, as intended, at the beginning and has the basic points, IMO, that 1) we know nothing 2) we are everyone



I liked it.


Average cost of books lets say 30 bucks. You asked for a bunch ? Did she have to work overtime to save ? Koan !

[koan]

Nomad;1157630 wrote: Average cost of books lets say 30 bucks. You asked for a bunch ? Did she have to work overtime to save ? Koan !


The whole kaboodle cost $30!

I got to use the word kaboodle :yh_giggle

[Nomad]

koan;1157632 wrote: The whole kaboodle cost $30!



I got to use the word kaboodle :yh_giggle




That doesnt happen every day.