Nancy’s Reviews > The Glass Bead Game > Status Update
Nancy
is on page 250 of 530
Ch 1-5
These chapters are 1 hour of listening each with my audio book.
I don't know if I could keep reading the paperback version b/c my mind would wander. Why? Each chapter can be summed up in 3 sentences!
Where is the beauty in his book....where? My poor leisure-reading brain is suffering to this interminable, meandering mess of endless verbiage.
— Oct 23, 2025 11:20PM
These chapters are 1 hour of listening each with my audio book.
I don't know if I could keep reading the paperback version b/c my mind would wander. Why? Each chapter can be summed up in 3 sentences!
Where is the beauty in his book....where? My poor leisure-reading brain is suffering to this interminable, meandering mess of endless verbiage.
Like flag
Nancy’s Previous Updates
Nancy
is on page 370 of 530
I'm glad I did not give up ... In chapter 9-10-11-12 I finally understand what Hesse is trying to say. He wrote it in neutral Switzerland in the 1930s...and was concerned with the rise of fascisim all around him. Hesse's plea to leaders was NOT to isolate yourselves in thoughts and theories (...as did the scholars in Castilia) ...but go out into the world of reality and confront the evils at your border!
— Oct 24, 2025 01:14PM
Nancy
is on page 310 of 530
I managed 2 more chapters today. I want to finish this book asap b/c after that I will start reading a biography about Hesse by Gunnar Decker. There must be a lot to learn about Hesse's books....once I know more about the man.
— Oct 24, 2025 03:53AM
