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Bernhard-Baker t1_jcp87u0 wrote

Read Herman Hesse’s Sidhartha. Much better version of what Alchemist was trying to be.

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Ealinguser t1_jcpa0qn wrote

but his Glass Bead Game is more complex and interesting

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alterego879 t1_jcpbjc8 wrote

Ugh. That book is to eastern philosophy as The Alchemist is to young middle class white girls’ world view.

It’s an alright book if you’ve never read any Buddhist texts. But basically it’s inert and vapid. A good starting off point, I suppose.

Edit: that came off with a lot more heat than I intended. I didn’t mean any offense, just that I found it to be largely in the same category as The Alchemist. If it helps anyone, then it will have done its job.

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