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    <body><![CDATA[[This is not a review, just a few thoughts that crossed my mind after I read this book]<br/><br/>Compulsions guide us, a few of them. A few emotional and a few that are physical. We then live with them, prosper there, realize the addiction, and yet continue to live the frustration of mere existenc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4054182">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[2009-08-11 -- Read this over the last couple weeks.  It had been too long since I read some of my favorite author.<br/><br/>This book is not cheery.  It is, however, a great example of how Hesse can adeptly expose you to someone's troubled awakening.  It is also one more example of a Hesse book bein...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67106727">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember liking this during my Hesse-spreee. Nothing much sticks in my memory, but it was so long ago indeed!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really tried to like this book but it was so painfully boring to read. Just massively painful.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[being a painter it was a blast.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hermann's Look into the Artist]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm glad I'm not in bad marriage like this dude. I keep waiting for him to bust out to India, but looks like something bad is going to happen to his kid. I guess he will have to make a tough choice between his desires and responsibilities. I've read that this isn't the best Hess book, but I picked i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69847291">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hesse's novels always involve some character searching in depth for meaning in their lives. At the pinnacle of his career he must choose between the love of his son and his artwork. The unimaginable heartache made me question what links one would go through in order to find meaning in life.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't put this one down- not becasue of suspense but becasue of the elloquent writing.  Although its a translated book- it's still amazing.  The publisher of the book was Picador and I am not sure if other translations exists]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book very much.  I love <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Hermann Hesse" title=" Hermann Hesse"> Hermann Hesse</a><br/>.  The only odd thing about the book is from the back I expected him to get to India in the Book.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This novel is unique in any language, It Powerfully expresses the detrimental effect that adult preoccupations have on children.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was very drawn out.  Took too long to tell such a short story.  I was a bit disappointed.]]></body>
    
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