I finished Narcissus and Goldmund. It was absolutely beautiful and haunting.
It is the story of a boy Goldumnd who is in training to be a monk. In the cloister where he trains and studies he meets and befriends Narcissus, a man not much older than him. Narcissus, who is a master at reading people, encourages Goldmund to go out and explore the world. He sees that Goldmund was not made for cloister life, and that his is not the life of the monk but of an artist, wanderer and player.
Good stuff. Also, its the only work of Herman Hesse I have read.
It is the story of a boy Goldumnd who is in training to be a monk. In the cloister where he trains and studies he meets and befriends Narcissus, a man not much older than him. Narcissus, who is a master at reading people, encourages Goldmund to go out and explore the world. He sees that Goldmund was not made for cloister life, and that his is not the life of the monk but of an artist, wanderer and player.
Good stuff. Also, its the only work of Herman Hesse I have read.