9.5/10 YESS hesse strikes again! my favorite one so far, the last 20 pages are probably my favorite thing i’ve read this year!! mystical, hypnotic writing, truly even the most miserable, lonely creature can feel moments of pleasure and joy and love such that he is filled with the unfathomable will to live. learn to dance through the warped transmissions of the gramophone! don’t be so sour! p.s. cover is horrendous! the bantam covers are much lovlier