I posted a few impressions after reading Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha after an interval of many years at Escape Into Life this morning. You can find it all HERE.
THE SAMURAI OF THE RED CARNATION, fascinating historical period, less
successful novel
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*THE SAMURAI OF THE RED CARNATION DENIS THÉRIAULT* (tr. Louise Rogers
Lalaurie)
Pushkin Press (*non-affiliate* Bookshop.org link)
$13.99 ebook, available...
15 hours ago
This really, really made me want to re-read Siddartha this summer. I learn so much from re-reading books at different stages of life. Likewise, from re-watching movies.
ReplyDeleteI hope you do, Kathleen. It is worth it and as I mentioned at EIL, quite short. I also really liked this translation, not that I remember the earlier one well enough to compare them.
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