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The Journey to the East

Hermann Hesse

Paperback | Pages: 128 pages

Rating: 3.7 | 10651 Users | 579 Reviews

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Original Title:	Die Morgenlandfahrt
ISBN:	0312421680 (ISBN13: 9780312421687)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	H.H., Leo Valdez

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In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse's Journey to the East 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's Ark in Zurich and Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims' ultimate destination is the East, the "Home of the Light," where they expect to find spiritual renewal. Yet the harmony that ruled at the outset of the trip soon degenerates into an opening 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.

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Title	:	The Journey to the East
Author	:	Hermann Hesse
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 128 pages
Published	:	February 1st 2003 by Picador (first published 1932)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. Philosophy. Literature. European Literature. German Literature. Novels

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I get this book: the meaning is crystal clear. But oddly, I'm not sure I would have understood it had I not just finished Houellebecq's "Submission" this morning. Even though these two books are vastly different in plot and characters and time and location, the ultimate theme of both is, to me, surrender can be an option, and might be the best/only option in certain cases. If you've read neither, I highly recommend you read both in succession.

Why is Hesse's concept of enlightenment indistinguishable from mental illness? First, in The Glass Bead Game, we get the depiction of a 'secular saint', and the signs of his enlightenment are that he has stopped all his creative work, often sits lost in thought, making no sign he understands anyone speaking to him, and when he does respond, it is with a brief non-sequitur. He otherwise wanders the gardens day and night with a bland smile frozen to his face. Perhaps it's only me who looks at

I have always loved this book - I read it originally over 40 years ago and have just now read it again. It is full of meaning for those whose life is a 'journey'. It should be re-read periodically - like traveling the medicine wheel, you will understand it more and differently than when last read. Don't miss it!

If ever the maxim not the destination but the journey were true, this would be the perfect example. Not even considering the fact the travelers on this journey never make it to the East, which is in fact a metaphor or our own individual passage from solitude to the enlightenment of the communal whole. The community for this particular journey is called The League. And as they transverse through time and space encountering Don Quixote and Noahs Ark, members of the League such as Mozart and Hugo

It started slow and was more dream like confusing but then it suddenly grew interesting and culminating in a great climax.

An incredible writer makes a truly depressing not-much-actually-happens story-story into something inspirational.If you've ever found yourself wallowing in despair, utterly disconsolate, and demoralized, then this book is for you. League brother H looks back upon his life and questions the meaning of his every choice and action. He finds himself in the throes of an existential crisis.Insightful little book. Warning: Inconclusive ending.Several main points:+ Despair is the constant state of

Such a strange journey, such an elusive destination. This is equally horrible and mystical, and it is a somewhat difficult task to try and make sense of the ending. I found myself drawn to Leo immediately, while H.H. I could more easily identify with. This made it both confusing and slightly depressing. It seems that life is much more magical and mystical in youth, and while I am still very young myself, I find that any excitement towards spirituality I once had, has been slowly replaced over