A Book Conversation on Hermann Hesse’s Journey to the East - April 16th, 6pm ET

Travel through space and time with Plato, Baudelaire, Paul Klee, Lao Tse, Albertus Magnus and Don Quixote

Welcome to Solvitur Ambulando, which means “Solve It By Walking.” On this journey, we explore the alchemic potency of walking for sorting through life’s puzzles, exploring our world, and transforming ourselves. Like a good walk, you will encounter distinctive ideas, remarkable people and gorgeous scenery. I hope you will take a beautiful walk today. And if you like what you read and hear, please

---

Last year, I began publishing quarterly reviews of the books I’d read in the previous three months. In my announcement I joked that I’d made the change “in response to a diminishing number of requests,” which was true: no one had ever asked me to publish book reviews more frequently.

However, since I began writing this august newsletter, many people have asked me when I would start a book club. Now, I don’t know about a full-blown club, but today I’m really excited to announce the first “Solvitur Ambulando Book Conversation.”

For this first foray, we’ll discuss a book I have loved since I initially read it in my senior year of high school, and which I’ve re-read numerous times, and which I still love today:

Hermann Hesse’s Journey to the East

Hesse remains one of my very favorite authors. And more than any of his novels, I return again and again to this one: more than Siddhartha, more than Steppenwolf, more than Narcissus and Goldmund, more than Demian, more than the Glass Bead Game, which ostensibly won Hesse the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946.

I won’t describe the book further; I hope you’ll consider picking it up — or reading it again — with me. It’s a short book, really a novella — 100 pages or so depending on the version.

Join me for a fun (and free) discussion of Journey to the East!
Date: Thursday, April 16th
Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm ET

Please sign up here and I will send you the login details.

Join H.H., Leo, Albertus Magnus, Tristam Shandy, Paul Klee and me as we journey to the east!

(This article contains Amazon Affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases, which means that by buying from these links, you are supporting Solvitur Ambulando. Thank you!)