Road 2 Elsewhere, Excerpt #41*: Lust amongst the fragrant herbs

Herman Hesse (and an attractive Dutchwoman) tried to teach me about love. Naturally, I wasn't listening. WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY PETER MOORE

ALAS, I FAILED TO RECORD ANY DETAILS of my birthday encounter with Diamant, in Paris, though I did find plenty of occasions to transcribe passages from Narziss and Goldmund, the fetching Dutchwoman’s birthday gift to me.

“The riddle was still unsolved, the hidden magic unrevealed,” Hesse wrote, and I did too…