tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post8541587671990638122..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Hesse's proto-hippie Narcissus and Goldmund - that which was all-important to him, apart from the ecstasy of love: freedomAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-25839602814867130712020-04-28T15:01:43.665-05:002020-04-28T15:01:43.665-05:00That's pretty much when I read Siddartha. We ...That's pretty much when I read <i>Siddartha</i>. We were past the peak of the boom, but there was still a strong cultural presence - an Important Writer who wrote Important Books.<br /><br />And because of the boom, there were an enormous number of Hesse paperbacks floating around.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-66990890136450824042020-04-28T13:16:29.298-05:002020-04-28T13:16:29.298-05:00I read Steppenwolf in the early 80s, and I confess...I read <i>Steppenwolf</i> in the early 80s, and I confess I don't remember a word of it. But reading Hesse was certainly a marker of hip awareness, at that time, in that place anyway.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-12295543684943787602020-04-25T09:37:00.765-05:002020-04-25T09:37:00.765-05:00Those Siddartha and Steppenwolf paperbacks were st...Those <i>Siddartha</i> and <i>Steppenwolf</i> paperbacks were strong signals! Now the signal has dissipated.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-75332019368380210242020-04-25T08:47:58.499-05:002020-04-25T08:47:58.499-05:00I went to college at the height of the Hesse boom,...I went to college at the height of the Hesse boom, and while I never actually read Hesse, I learned to avoid people carrying a copy of one of his books. (No offense to those who love him, but at that time it was not a good sign.)Languagehathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285708503881129380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-63067145347697166572020-04-24T22:23:41.103-05:002020-04-24T22:23:41.103-05:00Granting that any Novel of Ideas is going to be so...Granting that any Novel of Ideas is going to be some trouble for me, the ideas in this novel seemed significant and interesting to me, when they were expressed as a novel.<br /><br />That Laughlin book is a ragbag - it's the memoir he never really quite wrote - but it is full of amusing and instructive things.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-44478541712183704552020-04-24T21:32:35.604-05:002020-04-24T21:32:35.604-05:00Ha! Nice review. And the quote from Laughlin is gr...Ha! Nice review. And the quote from Laughlin is great. I read this years ago, and it reminds me of what I felt at the time. It is odd, though not really surprising, that Hesse had his burst of popularity in the 60s. "Philosophy for twelve-year-olds' indeed.<br /><br />A year and a half ago, reading around Romain Rolland, I read a collection of Hesse's essays. It did make me think I should revisit Hesse. Hasn't happened yet, though. <br />reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.com