Hesse Recommendations

[Anonymous No.10979490]

Read Siddartha a couple years ago, really liked it. Looking to get into him some more. What’s next?

[Anonymous No.10979503]

>>10979490
i know people like Steppenwolf also by Hesse

[Anonymous No.10979533]

>>10979490
Narcissus and Goldmund was pretty good.

[Anonymous No.10979565]

>>10979503
I would dare to say that Steppenwolf is way way better than OP's one. But whatever.

[Anonymous No.10979572]

>>10979565
its shit regardless

[Anonymous No.10979692]

>>10979565
'I would dare to say' doesn't really make sense.

You should have just wrote 'I dare say.'

[Anonymous No.10979783]

>>10979533
his best

[Anonymous No.10979991]

Steppenwolf is good, sidarta is meh and damian i couldn't get past the first few pages even though the book is short

[Anonymous No.10980035]

Steppenwolf is really good but can be a little confusing at some points but not reproachfully so. Can be quite funny at times too.

Narcissus and Goldmund was a very pleasant read. Demian is good, quite short though. Demian felt a lot like a condensed Narcissus and Goldmund with a different setting. Of the two I prefered Narcissus and Goldmund but if you like one you'll probably like the other..

[Anonymous No.10980329]

>>10979490
Every one of his books is worth reading.

The ones I've read so far are:
>Underneath the wheel.
>Rosshalde.
>Knulp.
>Demian.
>Siddharta.
>Steppenwolf.

Currently reading Narcissus and Goldmund, and I'm liking it.

I would recommend reading Steppenwolf once you have read his previous works since it isn't easy to figure what Hesse is trying to say in Steppenwolf.

[Anonymous No.10980768]

>>10979490
glass bead game and steppenwolf, maybe damian and thats it. make sure you read glass bead game since its his best work

[Anonymous No.10980875]

>>10979490
Glass bead game is GOAT

[Anonymous No.10981169]

>>10979490
Steppenwolf is my favourite, though it's widely misunderstood.

Everyone raves about The Glass Bead Game, but I found it pretty dry and uninvolving. The short stories at the end were more interesting than the main body of the text.

[Anonymous No.10981177]

>>10979692
>You should have just wrote
Doesn't make sense.
You should have written, "You should have written . . . "

[Anonymous No.10981516]

Glass Bead Game
Beneath the Wheel
Narcissus and Goldmund

[Anonymous No.10982236]

>>10980875
This

>>10981169
It's supposed to be like that you silly nerd, it's because it's written from the perspective of a Castalian

[Anonymous No.10982302]

>>10980875
>>10982236
It was a painful read...but once you got to The Legend it was all worth it. Hesse was putting me to sleep slowly building the foundation but then he suddenly launched into the sublime in that last chapter.
And then the stories and poems, knowing they were written by Knecht in his younger days...genius organization by Hesse.