Morgenlandfahrt by Hermann Hesse
A reflective first-person narrator recounts his years as a member of a mystical brotherhood on a ritual pilgrimage to the East, a journey defined by music, fellowship, and the calm presence of a lowly servant named Leo; when Leo mysteriously vanishes the group collapses and the narrator is cast out, only to later learn that Leo was the League’s quiet guardian and that the narrator himself failed them. The short novel meditates on memory, loyalty, the fragility of spiritual communities, and the painful reconciliation of idealized journeys with the moral consequences of ordinary actions.
The 16624th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1932
- Nationality
- Swiss
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- German
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- Alternate Titles
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- Die Morgenlandfahrt
- Journey to the East
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