Hermann Hesse is not just one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, but one of those without whom modern world literature simply wouldn’t exist.
This is “Siddhartha.” A gem of Hermann Hesse’s prose, extraordinary in the depth of its insight into Eastern philosophy.
This is “The Steppenwolf.”
A novel that legitimized, for the nonconformist culture of the second half of the 20th century, the principles of postmodern literature.
A novel without which so much in the avant-garde of the 20th century—in painting, in film, in rock-and-roll—would not have happened.
You wonder—why?
No need. Re-read it—and you’ll understand everything…