GRAD LIFE BOOK REVIEWS: THE GLASS BEAD GAME (D91-94)

GRAD LIFE BOOK REVIEWS: THE GLASS BEAD GAME by Hermann Hesse

If you too would like to abandon luxury and live a life not unlike that of a medieval eunich to better enable you to endlessly investigate frivial intellectual pursuits, including an elaborate game that can take weeks to play that makes absolutely no sense to anyone else, you should try out Castalia, home of the GLASS BEAD GAME (and also the famous Magister Ludi). Only students who are simultaneously highly intelligent, incredibly weak willed and possessing no desires to accomplish real, tangible goals are allowed into the province of Castilia, and you can check out any time you like but YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE. Well maybe, but that would be a SPOILER.