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orangecrush

(27,893 posts)
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 08:38 PM Nov 29

Siddhartha


"I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins."
Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha




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c-rational

(3,118 posts)
1. Great book and author. I found Hesse wandering the local public library and he became a favorite
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 08:57 PM
Nov 29

author to this day, a half century plus later.

orangecrush

(27,893 posts)
2. Read Hesse in high school, Siddartha and Steppenwolf
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 09:00 PM
Nov 29

My formal exposure to Buddhism came much later.

Something in my eye.

louis-t

(24,556 posts)
3. I read Siddhartha and Narcissus and Goldmund in high school.
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 09:10 PM
Nov 29

Similar plots but both enjoyable.

Brother Buzz

(39,462 posts)
4. My son and my soon to be daughter-in-law introduced us to Jesse Wells a while ago
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 09:19 PM
Nov 29

I really enjoy listening him in installments rather than binging. His poetry needs to be slowly digested to really appreciate his work.

orangecrush

(27,893 posts)
7. Kind of like Dylan
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 10:21 PM
Nov 29

Except that to compare him to anyone who came before would be an injustice.

He is totally himself.

Brother Buzz

(39,462 posts)
8. He's a LOT like Dylan, but he isn't imitating Dylan, not at all
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 10:51 PM
Nov 29

It’s obvious the two poets have traveled the same roads.

orangecrush

(27,893 posts)
9. I agree
Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:27 PM
Nov 29

.The guitar in this song floored me.

And the lyrics, my God ...

"There's a man in a yellow cloak

He knows something I don't know"




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