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Has anyone read any Hereman Hesse?

Wikkamanmember
259 posts
Location: The Birthplace of BlackSabbath

Posted: 17th Jun 2002
Greetings, I have been lent Narziss and Goldmund by Herman Hesse, any comments anyone? I'm finding it quite heavy but with some brilliant bits of prose.

[ 17 June 2002, 22:28: Message edited by: Wikkaman ]

The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer-- they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.-- Ken Kesey

sketchy_stevemember
15 posts
Location: London, UK

Posted: 17th Jun 2002
hiya 'orange' here on sketchy` pc

i read steppenwolf which was really deep about an old man who`d always done the work side but not the play side of life then he starts to mix both it`s really deep and age is really used to make you realise every second gone is a second gone...

i`ve just bought a copy of siddartha-but it`s on my books to read list - currently lounging in my bathrooms pile to read
long baths rule
rule1 always take 2 drinks
rule2 a cheesecake can thaw-out quicker in a steamy bathroom...
rule3 the length of bath-time is proportionate to how relaxed you can be...and wrinkly

hope this helps some
he is a good writer though - isn`t he...

Morganemember
102 posts
Location: Austria

Posted: 17th Jun 2002
Personally i prefer sidharta but then....
Morgy

Out to Wrong Rights and Depress the Opressed.

CassandraFroggie ... Ribbit !!!
4,224 posts
Location: Back in Paris... for now !

Posted: 17th Jun 2002
I liked Siddartha a lot ... but I must confess I find Hesse's style sometimes a bit heavy too ... just my opinion though ;..

shine on
cass

"I want brown bread... no, that is diesel oil..."
"So I was raised in Europe, where History comes from ..."
"NON !!! La Plume de mon oncle n est pas Bingibangibungi !!!"

arashiPooh-Bah
2,364 posts
Location: austin,tx

Posted: 17th Jun 2002
just this morning i leant my copy of
The Glass Bead Game to my friend... it and Siddhartha are among my faves...a good read! heavy? or intelligent? i say intelligent...

-Such a price the gods exact for song: to become what we sing
-Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
-When the center of the storm does not move, you are in its path.

Aurora (1/2 a firesister)GOLD Member
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249 posts
Location: Canada, Ontario, Toronto

Posted: 17th Jun 2002
*hugs very well worn copy of Siddhartha*

^^it's ma favourite book so far...