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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.

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.

#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?

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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

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?!?