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Narcis ?i Gur?-de-Aur
Narcis ?i Gur?-de-Aur | Hermann Hesse
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daja57
Narziss and goldmund | Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse seems to have had a thing about tramps: Knulp is another vagabond though I'm not sure he got as much sex as Goldmund. And you could argue that Siddhartha is a parallel story.

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Narcis ?i Gur?-de-Aur | Hermann Hesse
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Your home is earth ; ours is the world of ideas.
You are in danger of drowning in world of senses ;
ours is danger of suffocating ourselves in an airless void.

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Hermann Hesse is one of my favorite writers. His books portray so well the inner striving of the artistic spirit. This book is a kind of metaphorical, philosophical tale about the lifelong relationship between Narcissus, who becomes a monk and later an abbot (the Apollonian path of the thinker) and Goldmund, who wanders the world & becomes an artist (the Dionysian path). There is, of course, a balance & unity between the two. Each needs the other.

JamieArc When I walked the Camino de Santiago, since I was carrying everything with me, I limited myself to just one book. This was the book I picked, and it was the perfect companion. It holds fond memories for me 😊 7y
Louise @JamieArc Wow! What a powerful experience! Great choice for a companion book on the Camino! ✨✨✨ 7y
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#narcissistic6

📚 Daniel Cleaver - Bridget Jones' Diary
📚 The Gentleman with the thistle down hair - Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
📚 The Talented Mr Ripley
📚 Joffrey Baratheon - Game of Thrones
📚 Cersei Lannister - GoT
📚 Dorian Gray - The Picture of Dorian Gray

Thanks for the tag @CarolynM.

Well, who'd like to play? @Sarah83, @ephemeralwaltz @erzascarletbookgasm?

ephemeralwaltz Thanks for the tag. I'll have to think about this!👌 7y
batsy Oh yeah, the man with the thistle-down hair! Good pick! Would like to reread the book someday... When I can fit it in 😆 7y
vkois88 I framed the full print of this for a customer the other day! 7y
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ShakiLove
Narciso e Boccadoro | Hermann Hesse
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Opening line: "Outside the entrance of the Mariabronn cloister, whose rounded arch rested on slim double columns, a chestnut tree stood stood close to the road." #narcissusandgoldmund #hermannhesse #picador #bookish #bookcover #firstline #bookgnome #book

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November is #germanlit month. Pulled some books from my shelf & deciding what to read! I think a reread of Narziss and Goldmund is well overdue. I read it aged 15 & remember thinking it the most profound book ever. I wonder if I still will, 25 years later?!?

TNbooklover66 I really want to read The End of Days! 8y
DeborahSmall Perfume is fantastic 8y
tricours I'm having a frenchlit month for November! Is the November Germanlit just your thing, or is it like... a thing? 8y
vivjm @tricours It is "a" thing! There's a couple of WordPress bloggers that host each year. I will be interested in your French lit posts though - I'm still making my way through Les Mis - I have about 200 pages left! 8y
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