herman hesse

So says an Amazon reviewer of a book by John Fahey, who music I have been exploring to the tune of 15 CDs so far in about four months. The book is How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life, and I wondered if anyone here has read it. The reviewer said: Fahey always possessed some kind of magic...

Has anyone here read his works ? Siddhartha ? Im mostly asking JD and Gollum but also any other classic, modern classic readers.

No, not a Nazi, just an common German surname for a Nobel prize winning author who also penned "Steppenwolf". This novel is long-winded and the translation from German is atrocious - you really do need a dictionary for this. But the content is quality, as you follow the protagonist - the...

I finished reading Herman Hesse's Demian last night. It would feel pretentious (not to mention over-reminiscent of my terrible years studying Eng Lit in college) to attempt a comprehensive appraisal here, so I'll just list out a few of the things that struck me about the book. The story...