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Did you like this book?

>> No.2829814

>>2829811
What did you dislike about it?

>> No.2829811

no

>> No.2829861

>>2829814
the cover is blue, i like green covers better

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>>2829861
Did you like this book?

>> No.2829883

>>2829878
yes

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2829896

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I liked it, regardless of the cover.

>>2829896
fuck you

>> No.2829916

>>2829807
i thought it was ok, but it wasn't really about the Buddha and as a novel its a bit week i wouldn't reread it unless i felt i needed to think deeply for a while i recommend it to some people but its definitely not for everyone

>> No.2829929

>>2829916
Would you recommend it for someone who recently became a Buddhist?

>> No.2829931

its okay

>> No.2829944

>>2829929
not unless you already read some Buddhist history and had a older Buddhist mentor to answer some questions. I was thinking of becoming a Buddhist read this then talked to a prof of Buddhism (he was just not the right person to talk too) and i still no as little as i knew before i read the book

>> No.2829950

>>2829929
I would not. It would be much better to read some non-fiction on the Buddha's life. This novelization didn't do anything for me.

>> No.2829951

I liked it at the time, but I read it when I was much younger.

The part that stuck with me is denial of self nourishment bit. How they silently begged for food was pretty powerful.

>> No.2829969

>>2829951
i the part that stuck with me most was the end when he finds the river boat man.
I interpreted the river as time and then when he took on the roll as the river boat man ferrying people across the river as the Buddha helping people who struggle with the time that we spend traveling through this world
but the book had a lot that could be read into, its one of the reasons i dont suggest it to everyone

>> No.2829979

It was a good book. Everything Hesse has done is class.

>> No.2830044

>>2829944
>>2829950
Thanks. What works would you recommend? Do you know any good biographies on the Buddha?

>> No.2830064

>western novelists fetishizing eastern mysticism
shiggy

>> No.2830068

>>2830064
>he should've written yet another shitty book about Jesus