/lit/ - Literature

siddartha was better

I think it laid the groundwork for "Magister Ludi", or "The Glass Bead Game."

I was dissapointed with the ending. The revelations about the difference between art and intellect and where the mystic fits in between them were intriguing though. (I found them to be true)

>>1324581
lol thats kindve an insult, considering the entirety of his work- somewhat above the translations of his short stories but below the translations of every other novel.

Damian is better

>>1324548
This is actually my favorite Hesse novel. SIddhartha was the first I read. You can really read Hesse's work in any order, but from Sid to N+G should be an easy transition.
>>1324672
>>1324655
And actually I think Demian lays the groundwork for a lot of Hesse's later works. At least the character archetypes he would pursue in pretty much all of his novels.

read Vonnegut's essay "Why the Read Hesse." watch all unravel.

>>1324883
Wow, I totally have to read that. I love both these authors.

Shit, I know what I'm doing tonight.

>>1324883
Is that the exact name of the essay?

>>1324925

yep.

<---------it's in here

reading it now, still in first chapter. Description of the tree on the first page sucked me.

steppenwolf is what makes hesse god tier

Does anyone have a link to where I can read "Why They Read Hesse," online for free?