Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Narziß und Goldmund by Hermann Hesse (1930)


Wow!  What a fantastic spiritual journey.  Apollonian vs Dionysian sensibilities struggle in the self-actualizing journey of a young sculptor as he wanders through the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) ridden areas of Germany.  Karl Jung's silly archetypes in the masculine heterosexual Goldmund counter-balance his special gay friend Narziss as each matures.  Very well-written, moving, poetic.  5/5 stars!

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