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I had the opportunity to read this in a 10 week storytelling class in the mid-'80s. I have re-read it since then and am thinking of picking it up again. It is the epitome of the Parzival legend. I absolutely LOVE this book. It is from the oral tradition and begins:
"If inconstancy is the heart's neighbor, the soul will not fail to find it bitter. Blame and praise alike befall when a dauntless man's spirit is black and white mixed like the magpie's plumage. Yet he may see blessedness after all, f ...more
"If inconstancy is the heart's neighbor, the soul will not fail to find it bitter. Blame and praise alike befall when a dauntless man's spirit is black and white mixed like the magpie's plumage. Yet he may see blessedness after all, f ...more
