false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173143849m/5957.jpg 5954 58 Hesse's novel of two medieval men, one quietly content with his religion and monastic life, the  other in fervent search of more worldly salvation. This conflict between flesh and spirit, between  emotional and contemplative man, was a life study for  Hesse. It is a theme that transcends all time. The Hesse Phenomenon "<i>has turned into a vogue, the vogue into a torrent. . .He has appealed both to. . . an underground and to an establishment. . .and to the disenchanted young sharing his contempt for our industrial civilization.</i>"--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> 955995 book 1930 Narcissus and Goldmund total:4105|5:1635|4:1448|3:794|2:179|1:49| 4105 16756 5237 307 5 5 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1971 Fri Oct 03 11:31:09 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 11:54:27 -0700 2008 1
Contrary to the description stolen fr...more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 03:59:15 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 06:14:42 -0700 2009 Of course I wasn't so nerd at that time and together with reading there could be no tv, no bmx rides with friends, no late night awake and all sorts of "...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 23 21:51:15 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 06 00:55:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed May 30 09:01:07 -0700 2007 Wed May 30 09:19:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 23 09:20:11 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 08 01:21:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jul 09 06:06:37 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 06:11:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 12:26:25 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 12:26:25 -0800 2009
Herman Hesse was read wid...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 08 05:15:19 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 05:17:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jun 06 18:37:32 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 18:55:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 23:37:36 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 01:26:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 13 18:31:46 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 19:01:12 -0800 2009
The setting of this novel nearly scared me away from reading it at all. A story about a monk and his pupil in medieval Germany is hardly my cup of tea. And to be honest, I cringe a little each t...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 13:51:49 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 21:29:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 07 15:45:43 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 18 07:18:33 -0800 2008
N & G captures many of Hesse's major themes: the universal mother, discovery of true self, the stuggle between uniting within oneself...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 18 05:28:47 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 05:29:18 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 02 03:47:57 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 03:59:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 22:31:53 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 00:27:48 -0700 2009
As for the book itself, hmmm . . .

Aside from the fact that I read this in a lousy state of depression, which might not have been too...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 26 14:24:54 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 14:26:04 -0800 2008 3 1 false false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 12:18:29 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 12:19:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 12:31:37 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 11:58:46 -0700 2008 این کتابو تازه تمومش کردم اینقدر گفتنی داره که نمیدونم همشو چطوری بنویسم!کتاب فوق العاده ای بود.
یکی از بهترین کارهای هسه همین کتابه.و البته یکی از رمان های عاش�...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 23 09:43:09 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 09:11:11 -0800 2008
"Oh, how incomprehensible everything was, and actually sad, although it was also beautiful. One knew nothing. One lived and ran about the earth, and rode through forests, and ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5957