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The Journey to the East
by Hermann Hesse
from Picador

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• A cause for introspection
  An idealist goes off in search of enlightenment, roams his searching fruitlessly, and in his failure, finally looks in the correct direction.
  Read it cover to cover. Put it down for a day. Read it again.
  If you can do this, and not reflect on your own goals, purpose, and understanding of your life, you should probably stick with TV. The story is engaging, and an uncomplicated person might feel the end is a let down. But the book isn't really entertainment, so much as a catalyst for reflection. As... more info

• Hesse understands a leader
  I initially was assigned this book for an introductory leadership class, I have since searched the internet for a copy of my own. Hesse has skillfully used a journey both physical and emotional of one man H.H. to tell of the true art of servant leadership.

• A GREAT NOVEL FOR A LEADERSHIP COURSE
  Every college course or business seminar or church retreat on the theme of leadership should include 2 or 3 important novels as required reading--or at least for review by the class instructor. This is a wondrful book on servant leadership that fits wonderfully into a Christian context (coming from the author's missionary family heritage). The message is as old as Jesus. I wish I had known of the book when I taught my leadrship course at Calvin Theological seminary, where there was little evidence of... more info

• Another amazing work from Hesse
  There are several reviewers here, such as Christopher Nelson and Richard Schwartz, who are perfectly in tune with this novel. To truely understand this novel, you have to understand Hesse. I wouldn't recommend picking this book as one's first Hesse novel. Start with "Siddhartha" and "Narcissus and Goldmund" and then move into Demian. Find some essays on Hesse and the meanings of Demian and do a little research on Jung ([...]). Those will help to enhance one's understanding of this novel. To give a review of... more info

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