Herman Hesse. I've never read his work, I'm wondering

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His first novel The maggik muffin is pretty good

>>9605599

siddhartha, obviously

if you like that, check out narci and goldmund, or demian

steppenwolf also good

glass last

>>9605599
Siddhartha is utter trash. Literally r3ddit in a book, made me cringe. Beneath the Wheel and Glass Bead Game, on the other hand, are great.

>>9605713
Bing bang boom this guy fuckin nailed it

Steppenwolf appeals to normies and is the easiest to understand.
Siddhartha is more complex, but is sorta meh.
Narziß und Goldmund is pure Hesse
My personal favorite is Demian
Beneath the wheel is fairly good.
Glass bead game should be read after reading other books of his, otherwise it's fairly boring and incomprehensible.

Imho he's one of the best German language writers out there

in my opinion

shit tier - Siddhartha

mid tier - Steppenwolf

good tier - Narziss and Goldmund

god tier - Demian, Knulp

>>9605723
>Siddhartha is utter trash. Literally r3ddit in a book, made me cringe.
God damn you are retarded

I told my class that Siddartha was my favorite book during introductions on the first day of class, and my teacher laughed at me.

>>9605599
I have only read Siddhartha and Steppenwolf. Very different from each other but both good imo. I'd say start with Siddhartha, but don't go sour on Hesse if you don't like it.

>>9605878

second Demian

>>9606466

Siddhartha blew so fucking bad.