I read this in German a long time ago (2002-06-15).I suppose it depends on whether working through the difficulty brings you genuine insights into the human condition. I'm ashamed to say I've only read one book on this list - Ulysses - and enjoyed it. I like modernism, and Joyce's Portrait of the Ar...
bookshelves: summer-2010, published-1943, philosophy, dystopian, nobel-laureate, germany, currently-reading, autumn-2014, re-visit-2014, classic, games-people-play, play-dramatisation Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from July 18 to 26, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** Re-VISIT 2014: Cannot refu...
Dala bih joj 5/5 da nije suvoparnog uvoda. Možda još nisam sazrela za nju.
Childhood favorite, to reread.
Childhood favorite, to reread.
See the Goodreads blurb box - it says this is the novel that won the Nobel prize for Hesse. No one work wins that, it is all to do with the body of works given forth from an author.THE CITATION: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1946 was awarded to Hermann Hesse "for his inspired writings which, while g...
Biography of Kafka by his best friend and literary executor, whose adoration shines through. Reveals a much happier and more positive aspect of his character than might be assumed from his works, although it also mentions his negative thoughts and feelings (especially re his father, anxiety and mixe...
Notgettingenough, a historian by training, is starting to infect me with her virulent dislike of biopics. "You watch a biopic," says Not, "and you go out thinking you know what happened. But you don't."Well, this play is a fine example of Not's thesis: more than anything else, it created the image o...
A friend of mine (a pure mathematician) says that the Glass Bead Game is obviously pure mathematics in a thinly disguised form. It's not exactly a slam-dunk, but I'm still surprised how few people there are who seem to believe this theory. You'd think it would at least be a respectable minority opin...
I read this in my senior year of high school for my class, Western Thought. I thought it was one of the most fascinating books I had ever read. It is a book I've thought about a lot and I've always intended to read it again.
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