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Siddhartha

By Hermann Hesse

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Siddhartha

By Hermann Hesse

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Here the spirituality of the East and the West have met in a novel that enfigures deep human wisdom with a rich and colorful imagination. Written in a prose of almost biblical simplicity and beauty, it is the story of a soul's long quest in search of he ultimate answer to the enigma of man's role on this earth. As a youth, the young Indian Siddhartha meets the Buddha but cannot be content with a disciple's role: he must work out his own destiny and solve his own doubt-a tortuous road that carries him through the sensuality of a love affair with the beautiful courtesan Kamala, the temptation of success and riches, the heartache of struggle with his own son, to final renunciation and self-knowledge.

The name "Siddhartha" is one often given to the Buddha himself-perhaps a clue to Hesse's aims in contrasting the traditional legendary figure with his own conception, as a European (Hesse was Swiss), of a spiritual explorer.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
128
Release Date:
1957-06-01
Publication Date:
1957-01-17
Publisher:
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
081120068X
ISBN13:
9780811200684
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
122 g
Height:
134 cm
Width:
204 cm
Thickness:
9 cm
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