Singapore Dream and Other Adventures: Travel Writings from an Asian Journey

Hermann Hesse’s voyage to the East Indies, recorded in journal entries and other writings translated into English for the first time, describes the experiences that influenced his greatest works.

In 1911, Hermann Hesse sailed through southeastern Asian waters on a trip that would define much of his later writing. With a peek into the workings of his mind through the pages of his journals, poems, and a short story–none of which have ever before been translated to English–these writings describe the real-life experiences that inspired Hesse to write his most famous works- Siddhartha, The Journey to the East, and others.