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A deeply metaphysical, symbolic work. The critics call it Hesse's work that most resembles Kafka. Yes, I guess that could be true considering it is... (show more)
The Journey to the East
In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse tells of a journey both geographic and spiritual. H.H., a German choirmaster, is invited on an expedition with the League, a secret society whose members include Paul Klee, Mozart, and Albertus Magnus. The participants traverse both space and time, encountering Noah’s Ark in Zurich and Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims’ ultimate destination is the East, the “Home of the Light,” where they expect to find spiritual renewa... (show more)
In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse tells of a journey both geographic and spiritual. H.H., a German choirmaster, is invited on an expedition with the League, a secret society whose members include Paul Klee, Mozart, and Albertus Magnus. The participants traverse both space and time, encountering Noah’s Ark in Zurich and Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims’ ultimate destination is the East, the “Home of the Light,” where they expect to find spiritual renewal. Yet the harmony that ruled at the outset of the trip soon degenerates into open conflict. Each traveler finds the rest of the group intolerable and heads off in his own direction, with H.H. bitterly blaming the others for the failure of the journey. It is only long after the trip, while poring over records in the League archives, that H.H. discovers his own role in the dissolution of the group, and the ominous significance of the journey itself.
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either i was in the "wrong" place when i read this or it is not actually by herman hesse or he was high when he wrote it... who knows
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Read this book. If you haven't been called by the secret society yet, it'll be a bit confusing. If you had, you'll love it.
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Fun short read. This is not a travel book.
It was obscure when I read it 30 years ago and it is still obscure. I suspect good drugs -Hesse, not me.
It would have been fun to hang out with Don Quixote though.Already read
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