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  • The Journey to the East

  • By: Hermann Hesse
  • Narrated by: Diane Sintich
  • Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (37 ratings)

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The Journey to the East

By: Hermann Hesse
Narrated by: Diane Sintich
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Hermann Hesse's Journey to the East (1932) is an account of a geographic and spiritual journey to the East. The narrator, H.H. accompanies the members of a secret society on a journey through both time and space in search of the “ultimate truth”.

Fun and entertaining at first, the company falls apart in a deep mountain gorge called Morbio Inferiore when the servant Leo disappears, triggering anxiety and strife. The members each go their own way, and many years later when the narrator tries to write his story of the ill-fated trip, he is unable to put together a coherent account. Then, on the advice of a friend, he tracks down the servant Leo....

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Great Book, Strange Performance

Journey to the East is Hermann Hesse's great symbolic autobiography. The performance in this audiobook is fine until the all-important chapter V. The key character, Leo, is repeatedly described by Hesse as having a cool, bright, clear voice, “...like the voice of the commandant when he appears before Don Giovanni’s door in the last Act.” Weirdly, the voice adopted by the reader, Diane Sintich, for this character is almost opposite that description. Suddenly the performance is distracting, annoying, and even has the effect of undermining the power of the story's climax.

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I love hesse. This was the weakest so far.

Love demien and siddhartha. Female narrator for male character ok but truly a “reader.” Not someone who brings the character to life.

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