The Journey to the East Author:Hermann Hesse Hermann Hessee's novels are great, mythic structures dealing with the ultimate questions of life. Hesse's work is a continuing dialogue with himself. The Journey to the East is the story of a youthful pilgrimage that seemingly failes. As the book, opens, the narrator is engaged in writing the chronicle of this remembered adventure-the central... more » experience of his youth. As he becomes immersed in retelling the chronicle, the writer realizes that only he has failed, that the youthful pilgrimage continues in a shining and mysterious way.« less