/lit/ - Literature

>>13911059
I agree with you. Loved everything until the drug trip. I think he wanted to show the final step of Herman's ascent to normiehood and being able to enjoy life in a way that needed the effects idk.

>>12078586
Yes. It was good, one of the best books I have read in terms of enjoyment but I have a hard time finding a point in it.

>>10616006
Did Hermine ever actually exist?
Probably not, she appeared just when he needed her the most, right before his appointed suicide. Seems too good to be true.
It's either a miracle of God or his brain doing magic in desperate times.
>Pablo and Maria, did they not exist either?
Maria might have existed, the first character who reads Harry's letter says that he saw some woman visiting Harry a for brief period now and then just as Maria supposedly did.

Give me a quick rundown on why he opposed suicide.
>>9494921
Where did Hesse advocate suicide?