About this title: This is an allegorical novel in which the narrator travels through time and space in search of the ultimate truth. The pilgrimage to the East is emblematic of a state of mind, and although the journey is across an imaginary land, it also embraces Europe, past centuries, real and fictional people.
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Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780553073621ISBN:0553073621
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. 1972 Bantam paperback. NOT EX LIB! Lightly toned pages, barely creased spine, water wrinkling side edge of 1st half of pages, moderate edgewear, some cover scuffing. Not pretty, but readable. Glued binding. 124 p. Translated by Hilda Rosner. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1972
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Softcover; Good condition; Printed Text VG; light tanning to pages; light shelfwear; 124 p. (shelf G103); "This book is about a youthful pilgrimage that seeminly failed. But has it? "; read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780553208559ISBN:0553208551
Description: Good. Underlining throughout. Pages tanned. No dust jacket as issued. No Writing. No Highlighting. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312421687ISBN:0312421680
Description: Good. Used item may show library stamps, stickers and marks. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: First Bantam Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780553143058ISBN:0553143050
Description: Good. Some corner, edge wear. Pages very good. Hesse's story of a youthful pilgrimage that apparently failed, when in reality he may have, but the pilgrimage did not. 124 pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Noonday Press
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780374500368ISBN:0374500363
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. softcover; solid binding; no marking or highlighting within text; watermark on edge of pages; VB78. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Panther, St Albans
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780586038260ISBN:0586038264
Description: Good. Text in English, German. 108p. ; 18 cm. This translation originally published, London: Vision Press, 1956. - Translation of 'Die Morgenlandfahrt'. Zurich: Fretz and Wasmuth, 1945. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Panther, St Albans
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780586038260ISBN:0586038264
Description: Good. Text in English, German. 108p. ; 18 cm. This translation originally published, London: Vision Press, 1956. - Translation of 'Die Morgenlandfahrt'. Zurich: Fretz and Wasmuth, 1945. read more
"I read 'Journey to the East' having read almost all other Hesse novels available in English translation.
And, for me, 'Journey to the East' is both a spiritual and metaphorical culmination of all other works. The novella is relatively short, but still manages to encapsulate what seems like decades of plot-line perfectly. The story transends time and space, leaving the reader both bewildered and utterly divorced from reality.
Riddled with Hesse's archetypical writing techniques and preferences. Journey to the East is a great insight, into a greater mind."
"Hesse seems to be all about some mystical journey to Truth (yeah, capitol t) and is WILDLY out of my leauge if intends to be more than even marginally intelligable. This one is (appears to be) an allegory for christianity, but I didn't even realize it until about halfway through. It's a great story eventually, but to get there you have to get through what seems like a very Ezikiel-esque idea of the church, meaning that it is impossible to understand and possibly drug induced."
"I've had this book for years, with the intention of reading it. In high school, it went over my head. Now, parts still were incomprehensible to me. I had to look on the internet to determine that this was a work of fiction, even though it had a memoir/autobiographical aspect to it. (as the book had no summary) The Journey to the East was written in 1956 in German and translated into English. It is a story of soul-seaching in a quick story (less than 120 pages).
It is the story of H.H. and his role in the "League" a religious/cultural/society on its mission to reach the East. Each member of the League has their own personal reason to take part in this journey. H.H. is to meet Princess Fatima and have her fall in love with him. Involved in the League are real and fictional characters (artists, musicians, philosophers, etc.)H.H. is writing a story about the League because he is the last one and wants to tell his adventure to the world."
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