Have really enjoyed his books so far but no idea what similar author to explore next.
What others authors deal with identity, internal growth and the like?
Hermann Hesse is my favorite author too, It is sad this is the first time I've seen someone talking about him on Veeky Forums.
I think the "closest" author to Hesse is Charles Bukowski. In my opinion, their writing is only similar in the way they feel alienated from the world around them.
So, I'd recommend you "Ham on Rye".
Literally almost all of them
tao lin
Jordan Peterson
Is this Veeky Forums these days?
Bad bait: too fedora stylistically, and Bukowski's recommendation blows it completely. 3/10 Responding to stop anons from taking you seriously. Veeky Forums these days makes me do it.
I apologize for my bad recommendation.
Cuck author general?
"Personal growth" is a liberal code word for learning to become blue pilled
Yeah stay stunted my dude. Don't want to be called a cuck.
>Hesse
>Bluepilled
He read half of the western canon in his youth. By the time he was 20 this man knew more than you ever will.
yikes
No he didn't. Hesse was a turbopleb who thought name dropping Goethe was impressive
Yes he did.
Why do certain old men start looking like sculptures
Did he even read the other modernists?
I see him always referencing safe targets like Mozart but his literacy did not seem to extend past 1800
He wrote about Kafka in one of his latest short stories.
From the short stories I've read about him, it seems that Hesse did read his contemporaries but didn't comment much on them since he felt overwhelmed by the world around him.
One of the greatest i ever read
Literally every Bildungsroman, personal recc: magic mountain
What a weakshit faggot
Hey there, sailor!