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Title: a male journey of discovery...
Review: that happened to be the comment that a woman friend of mine made when she saw me with the book, as in 'god, what's with you men? all men seem to relate to and own this book!' and that really got my attention, so when i read it again (about 5-times by now) i felt that hesse had in reality given short shrift to kamala the female lead. hesse has used kamala to epitomize the eastern woman (she's a courtesan!) and has somehow left her completely shallow. if he were around and given the modern predilection for sequels, prequels et al, i'm sure there was enough in kamala to merit an even longer book.i've subsequently bought narcissus & goldmund and that too is about men. and even in the early part of the book, the women seem to lack depth. will be more informed when i finish.nevertheless, siddhartha does make very involved reading with many layers of personal meaning. it has charm as an eastern novel and also depth if you're introspective. enjoy.
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