Poster: Bissoe
Subject: Re: Female Perspective? |
I would say that if all great novels had to include the female perspective, or male for that matter, they would cease to be what they are. Siddhartha is one of my favourite short reads - I've read it dozens of times. The book is about his own quest for fulfillment, not anyone elses. At the point in the book where he 'screws' (sorry for being crass - but that is what it is) her, the reader does not need to know her feelings. The reader (if most are like me) is being enlightened as to how one singular individual treads the road leading, for him, to inner peace as a ferryman, with the river as teacher and friend. I think anyone looking for a "female perspective" (or any other perspective other than "Sid's") is missing the point of the book.
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