D. wrote: > and without question there are some > similiarities between Salinger and Hesse. Yes Ive never thought about it but I can see that there are. > Bananafish might enjoy his earlier works, > particularly "Demian", "Beneath the Wheel", "Peter Camenzind", > "Siddhartha", and "Steppenwolf". Ive read all these and N&G, Knulp, News from another Star, Journey to the East, and tried a couple of times to read the Glass Bead Game and didnt make it. Except for a re-reading of Siddhartha a few years ago, my other Hesse reading was some time ago. > a 20th > non-American fiction writer who should appeal to many here on Bananafish. I second the motion! Paul * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * O snail Climb Mount Fuji, But slowly, slowly! Issa