/lit/ - Literature

Which of his works should you start with and which should you read later?

What I am in for?

I need authors/books/females like him

Was he gay?

Rank his novels

What are /lit/'s thoughts on Hesse?

This year I read 4 books of his and I feel like he really is a writer of big highs and lows. Siddhartha and Narziss & Goldmund were great, however, I thought Damian and Steppenwolf to be quite bad

What is your favorite Hermann Hesse novel?

Is it still possible to find someone who can do that with high quality? I have plenty of scans of some antiquarian books and want to turn them into physical copies (I can make a typographic layout for better readability.)

Of course, I don't mean printing them on office paper and covering with faux leather. I want good leather coverings with thick and glossy paper.

Share your experiences, please.

>read him as a teenager/early 20’s
>hate him
>read Demian, Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, and Narcissus & Goldmund in my 30’s
>change my life for the better

It’s never too late, bros

I've read Siddhartha
What book should I read next? What are you general thoughts on stuff Hesse has written? I read Glass Bead Game was pretty tite.

Why does he get so much disrespect on this board?

Every time I read this guy I cannot believe how beautiful his books are. How did he do it? I try to emulate his prose, it's impossible.

>>17583040
>all the books he has are pdfs
>he doesn't use a kindle
>takes his old loud laptop into bed
>lays down on his side
>also puts the laptop on its side
>the thing overheats after about two hours
>has to turn every two hours
>>sleep is impossible
>>>what a chad

Why does this board shill Buddhism but hate Hermann Hesse?

Thoughts on Herman Hesse?

>book is longer than 200 pages
Dropped

Once, when he was silent and sat thinking, I began to tell him what my theosophist friend has said to me about the sickness of lonely people.

“Oh,” he said good-humouredly, “and I supposed you believed him. You should have become a theologian.”
>“Why do you say that? After all, there may be something in it.”
“Oh, of course. Wise men continually demonstrate from time to time that everything is only imagination. Do you know, I often used to read such books in the past and I can tell you that they are of no use, absolutely no use. All that these philosophers write about is only a game; perhaps they comfort themselves with it. One philosopher preaches individualism because he can’t bear his contemporaries, and another socialism because he can’t endure being alone. It may be that our feeling of loneliness is an illness, and that is why a fellow suffering from it does in fact stand at the edge of a roof, and when someone calls out to him, he falls and breaks his neck.”
>“That is quite different.”
“Maybe. I won’t say I am right. I only mean that one doesn’t get anywhere with wisdom. There are only two kinds of wisdom; all the rest is just idle talk.”
>“Which two kinds of wisdom do you mean?”
“Well, either the world is bad and worthless, as Buddhists and Christians preach, in which case on must do penance and renounce everything—I believe one can obtain peace of mind this way—ascetics do not have such a hard life as people think. Or else the world and life are good and right—then one can just take part in it and afterwards die peacefully, because it is finished.”
>“What do you believe in yourself?”
“It is no use asking that. Most people believe in both, dependent on the weather, their health, and whether they have money in their purses or not. And those who really believe do not live in accordance with their beliefs. That is how it is with me too. For instance, I believe as Buddha did that life is not worthwhile, but I love for things that appeal to my senses as if this is the most important thing to do. If only it was more satisfying!”

Is there a book that will help me die in peace?

I need to study the works a modern German writer for an entire semester for German Literature class.

Pic related was assigned to me.

What should I expect?

I really like Hesse, what are some authors similar to him, i.e. who deal with similar topics such as man's search for meaning, authenticity nad happines and write in the same fashion?

Players of the Glass Bead Game? Meditators? Takers of Psychedelic drugs? What are the Castalians reading?

>>12483648
Anything by Hermann hesse
Satisfying are very easy to read

What's up with Hesse imbuing his novels (specifically Steppenwolf and Demian) with subtle homoeroticism?