description: In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse tells of a journey both geographic &amp; spiritual. A German choirmaster, H.H. is invited on an expedition with the League, a secret society whose members include Paul Klee, Mozart &amp; Albertus Magnus. The participants traverse both space &amp; time, encountering Noah's Ark in Zurich &amp; Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims' ultimate destination is the East, the Home of the Light, where they expect to find spiritual renewal. Yet the harmony that ruled at the outset of the trip soon degenerates into open conflict. Each traveler finds the rest of the group intolerable &amp; heads off in his own direction, with H.H. bitterly blaming the others for the failure of the journey. It is only long after the trip, while poring over records in the League archives, that H.H. discovers his own role in the dissolution of the group, &amp; the ominous significance of the journey itself.
language: English
title: The journey to the East
titlecomplete: The journey to the East
characters: Leo Valdez, H.H.
genres: Novels, Germany, Classics, Literature, Spirituality, German Literature, Nobel Prize, Fiction, Philosophy, Religion
ratings_count: 14052
publisher: Peter Owen Ltd (London)