Hermann Hesse

>>9047350
so read them then. Siddhartha isn't that long to begin with anyway

>>9047350
Glass Bead Game is the culmination and synthesis of all of his ideas. His other books will definitely pale in comparison.

However, Steppenwolf will offer certain elements that were absent in Glass Bead Game. The same can be said, to a lesser extent, of Siddhartha and Demian.

Narcissus and Goldmund explores, in my view, almost identical topics as Glass Bead Game; however, I think it's also the best written Hesse book after The Glass Bead Game. If you really liked it you should consider reading it as well, but don't expect anything revolutionary.

Journey to the East is, imo, wholly skippable after The Glass Bead Game.

If you like his style of writing there's no reason not to try one of his other books, especially since, as other anon pointed out, they're all pretty short other than N&G, so it's not like you're investing a lot of time.

>>9047594
While I agree with much of what you said, pretty much all his books are worth reading just for the prose. Hesse's writing is just so beautiful, and so are his characters.

Narcissus and Goldmund is the best example of that IMO.

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˙ıʇ ןıʞǝp ɹǝɐןןʎ ı ɐup 'ƃɐɯǝ qǝɐp ƃןɐss ʇɥǝ ɹǝɐp ʌǝ,

˙qooʞs oʇɥǝɹ ɥıs oɟ ɐuʎ ɹǝɐp ʇo ʇɹʎıuƃ qoɹǝp ƃǝʇ ƃouuɐ ıɯ ʇɥɐʇ ɐup 'qooʞ ʇɥǝ ıu ɐɹǝ ıpǝɐs ƃoop ɥıs oɟ ɐןן ʇɥɐʇ sɐʎ dǝodןǝ oɟ ןoʇ ɐ 'ɥoʍǝʌǝɹ

˙ʍɹıʇıuƃ oɟ sʇʎןǝ ɥıs ןıʞǝ ɹǝɐןןʎ ı ɐup 'ıuʇǝɹǝsʇıuƃ ıuɔɹǝpıqןʎ sǝǝɯ sʇǝddǝuʍoןɟ ɐup sıppɐɹʇɥɐ qnʇ 'ןıʞǝ pouʇ ı soɯǝʇɥıuƃ ɹǝɐpıuƃ ʇıɯǝ sdǝup uoʇ ɹɐʇɥǝɹ p,ı so 'ʇıɯǝ ɯnɔɥ ɥɐʌǝ pouʇ ı ¿ʇɹnǝ ʇɥıs ıs
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ɐuʎʍɐʎ ʍıʇɥ qǝƃıu ʇo ןouƃ ʇɥɐʇ ʇ,ısu sıppɥɐɹʇɥɐ ˙ʇɥǝu ʇɥǝɯ ɹǝɐp so
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˙ɔoɯdɐɹısou ıu dɐןǝ pǝɟıuıʇǝןʎ ʍıןן qooʞs oʇɥǝɹ ɥıs ˙ıpǝɐs ɥıs oɟ ɐןן oɟ sʎuʇɥǝsıs ɐup ɔnןɯıuɐʇıou ʇɥǝ ıs ƃɐɯǝ qǝɐp ƃןɐss

˙pǝɯıɐu ɐup sıppɥɐɹʇɥɐ oɟ 'ǝxʇǝuʇ ןǝssǝɹ ɐ ʇo 'sɐıp qǝ ɔɐu sɐɯǝ ʇɥǝ ˙ƃɐɯǝ qǝɐp ƃןɐss ıu ɐqsǝuʇ ʍǝɹǝ ʇɥɐʇ ǝןǝɯǝuʇs ɔǝɹʇɐıu oɟɟǝɹ ʍıןן sʇǝddǝuʍoןɟ 'ɥoʍǝʌǝɹ

˙ɹǝʌoןnʇıouɐɹʎ ɐuʎʇɥıuƃ ǝxdǝɔʇ ʇ,pou qnʇ 'ʍǝןן ɐs ıʇ ɹǝɐpıuƃ ɔousıpǝɹ sɥonןp ʎon ıʇ ןıʞǝp ɹǝɐןןʎ ʎon ıɟ ˙ƃɐɯǝ qǝɐp ƃןɐss ʇɥǝ ɐɟʇǝɹ qooʞ ɥǝssǝ ʍɹıʇʇǝu qǝsʇ ʇɥǝ ɐןso s,ıʇ ʇɥıuʞ ı 'ɥoʍǝʌǝɹ ؛ƃɐɯǝ qǝɐp ƃןɐss ɐs ʇodıɔs ıpǝuʇıɔɐן ɐןɯosʇ 'ʌıǝʍ ɯʎ ıu 'ǝxdןoɹǝs ƃoןpɯnup ɐup uɐɹɔıssns

˙ƃɐɯǝ qǝɐp ƃןɐss ʇɥǝ ɐɟʇǝɹ sʞıddɐqןǝ ʍɥoןןʎ 'ıɯo 'ıs ǝɐsʇ ʇɥǝ ʇo ɾonɹuǝʎ

˙ʇıɯǝ oɟ ןoʇ ɐ ıuʌǝsʇıuƃ ɹǝ,ʎon ןıʞǝ uoʇ s,ıʇ so 'ƃ&u ʇɥɐu oʇɥǝɹ sɥoɹʇ dɹǝʇʇʎ ɐןן ɹǝ,ʇɥǝʎ 'onʇ doıuʇǝp ɐuou oʇɥǝɹ ɐs 'sıuɔǝ ǝsdǝɔıɐןןʎ 'qooʞs oʇɥǝɹ ɥıs oɟ ouǝ ʇɹʎ ʇo uoʇ ɹǝɐsou uo s,ʇɥǝɹǝ ʍɹıʇıuƃ oɟ sʇʎןǝ ɥıs ןıʞǝ ʎon ıɟ
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˙ɔɥɐɹɐɔʇǝɹs ɥıs ɐɹǝ so ɐup 'qǝɐnʇıɟnן so ɾnsʇ ıs ʍɹıʇıuƃ s,ɥǝssǝ ˙dɹosǝ ʇɥǝ ɟoɹ ɾnsʇ ɹǝɐpıuƃ ʍoɹʇɥ ɐɹǝ qooʞs ɥıs ɐןן ɯnɔɥ dɹǝʇʇʎ 'sɐıp ʎon ʍɥɐʇ oɟ ɯnɔɥ ʍıʇɥ ɐƃɹǝǝ ı ʍɥıןǝ

˙ıɯo ʇɥɐʇ oɟ ǝxɐɯdןǝ qǝsʇ ʇɥǝ ıs ƃoןpɯnup ɐup uɐɹɔıssns

>>9047350
I found it pretty dry and uninvolving, t.b.h. I liked the appended short stories though.

Steppenwolf is where it's at. Much more challenging, and with a more sympathetic protagonist. I'd much rather read about suicidal bohemians than cloistered intellectuals.

>>9048388
>completely misunderstood hesse

amazing

>>9048400
>trite shitpost

entirely unamazing

>>9047350
Love Siddharth

Almost dropped steppenwolf until it got much better halfway through.

Characters are mostly pretentious but his writing is bout acknowledging that

>>9047350
wasn't hesse a latent homosexual?

>>9049183
Theres a character in steppenwolf called Hermina and it reminds the main character of his childhood friend Herman. They both remark that she has a slightly boyish face and she says that maybe she is a boy in a dress.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm