false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166557570m/13519.jpg 13519 19 <div>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&#8217;s Ark in Zurich and Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims&#8217; ultimate destination is the East, the &#8220;Home of the Light,&#8221; 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.<br></div> 1528180 1932 The Journey to the East total:1229|5:263|4:446|3:387|2:118|1:15| 1229 4511 1572 72 13519 0312421680 9780312421687 1096 60 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166557570m/13519.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13519.The_Journey_to_the_East 5 1 false Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Wed Jul 30 20:46:21 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 08:04:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 13519 0312421680 9780312421687 1096 60 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166557570m/13519.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13519.The_Journey_to_the_East 5 1 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 09:29:05 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 09:31:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 13519 0312421680 9780312421687 1096 60 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166557570m/13519.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13519.The_Journey_to_the_East 4 0 false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 20:33:18 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 20:41:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 974014 0586038264 9780586038260 4 2 3.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/974014.Journey_to_the_East 4 0 false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 17:06:51 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 17:12:20 -0800 2009
And, for me, 'Journey to the East' is both a spiritual and metaphorical culmination of all other works. The novella is relatively short, but still manages to encapsulate what seems lik...more...]]> 974014 0586038264 9780586038260 4 2 3.67 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/974014.Journey_to_the_East 3 0 false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Tue Mar 11 09:36:48 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 26 08:43:57 -0700 2009 3 more...]]> 13519 0312421680 9780312421687 1096 60 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166557570m/13519.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13519.The_Journey_to_the_East 4 0 false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 13:54:41 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 13:57:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 13519 0312421680 9780312421687 1096 60 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166557570m/13519.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13519.The_Journey_to_the_East 3 0 false Mon Oct 12 09:42:55 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 19:37:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1483370 0374500363 9780374500368 25 4 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184081137m/1483370.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1483370.The_Journey_to_the_East 5 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 16:31:47 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 11:15:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 13519 0312421680 9780312421687 1096 60 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166557570m/13519.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13519.The_Journey_to_the_East 3 0 false Sun Feb 01 21:50:55 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 28 04:19:08 -0700 2009 The Journey to the East is Hermann Hesse at his most mysterious. This brief, but bewildering work, is like an abstruse, fantastic dream. It concerns a secret group, of which one, H.H. belongs to, on a journey for the ultimate truth. Here, we find that time and space are immaterial. Th...more...]]> 24859 0553073621 56 4 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1225041248m/24859.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24859.The_Journey_to_the_East 5 0 false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1972 Sun Oct 26 10:40:11 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 10:51:03 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 13519 0312421680 9780312421687 1096 60 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166557570m/13519.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13519.The_Journey_to_the_East 4 0 false Tue Nov 17 19:59:55 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 19:59:55 -0800 2009
If you're looking to reminisce, Hesse is your man with The Journey to the East. ]]> 13519 0312421680 9780312421687 1096 60 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166557570m/13519.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13519.The_Journey_to_the_East 3 0 false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 13:15:57 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 13:17:40 -0800 2009 13519 0312421680 9780312421687 1096 60 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166557570m/13519.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13519.The_Journey_to_the_East 5 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 16 17:01:06 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 17:02:37 -0700 2009
I love how he has an idea and doesn't need to string it out into an epic series.

I love the insight into human nature which few other books offer.

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