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Siddhartha=wow.
Actually, most of Hesse=wow. i was drawn especially by Demain...you've read that? i didn't necessarily agree with the direction his sensuality was going, but still enjoyed it. i read Beneath the Wheel during exam time last year, and was just: "whoa", because i could see myself in it, totally. And...i found Narziss and Goldmund objectively amusing.

How'd you react to the above?
Blogger basit, at 6:43 AM 


I'm mildy impressed that you took a liking to Hesse; his audience is generally colledge experimentalists and usually thematically challenging. Demain was a good read; though, the further one read, the blurrier the view - the sensualness was integral - I wouldn't want to test it out or anything (especially during this cynical, unbeliever phase of my life) but, I challenge you to come up with a better way to partray absolute unity and absolute trust in another manner under the same context.

You might find The Prodigy to your liking - I have a copy if you wish (though, don't read it when you are feeling down, it was his first prize-winning book and thus at a very existential moment in his development as a writer).

After reading Steppenwulf I had given up on Hesse for a time. For this had led me to read the writings of Hesse's American contemporary, Timothy Leary, which led to things that were not altogether enjoyable.

However, a friend (noting my bookshelf) had gotten me Siddhartha for Christmas one year (irony anyone?) - his last book, I believe - and it redeemed him to me.
Blogger Mike, at 12:54 AM 


oh yeah, I've never read Beneath the Wheel but Narcicus and Goldmund was indeed enjoyable - I however, have a high willingness to suspend my disbelief. That is, I see myself in every book I read - i like to think that this is what alows me to grow.
Blogger Mike, at 12:59 AM 


Hmm i think Beneath the Wheel and The Prodigy are one and the same with different marketing. Giebenrath, yes?

i never finished Steppenwolf--found it too...well, it didn't resonate, at the time. Maybe for future.
Blogger basit, at 9:51 AM 


I dunno man, Steppenwolf is pretty confused: the "great magical theatre" is an alusion to cocaine; it held no answers for the wolf of the steps (unless you count some very fatalistic ones) and I feel that this book had no meaningful lessons to teach (I await a more enlightened analysis - either this book failed me, or I failed it).
Blogger Mike, at 11:19 PM 


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You're Siddhartha!

by Hermann Hesse

You simply don't know what to believe, but you're willing to try
anything once. Western values, Eastern values, hedonism and minimalism, you've spent
some time in every camp. But you still don't have any idea what camp you belong in.
This makes you an individualist of the highest order, but also really lonely. It's
time to chill out under a tree. And realize that at least you believe in
ferries.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.



This is just wierd because Hess is my favorite author - and my copy of Siddhartha is well-worn.

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