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Life Story, Briefly Told (1925): inspiring as a way to look at autobiography, and seems somewhat truthful and somewhat fictionalized. In an author's note he says he wrote two versions, and he favored the unpublished one. I found it curious that in the fantastic portion, the biography of his future self, he commits a crime and is imprisoned. Perhaps a sign of his contrariness) that he alludes to,
— Jan 31, 2026 09:05AM
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Siddhartha: I never read this when I was in my 20s, and I'm guessing from the introduction and content that when there was a Hesse boom in the U.S. it was stemming from that age group. I enjoyed it, found it had something to say, partly it made me reflect on moments of change in my own life, and consider these with some sympathy. Also, a very quick read.
— Feb 05, 2026 04:43AM
