Siddhartha
Synopsis
A book--rare in our arid age--that takes root in the heart and grows there for a lifetime.
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.
- Derechos de autor:
- 1951 A New Directions Book
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9780811219761
- Publisher:
- New Directions
- Date of Addition:
- 2017-04-15T00:52:34Z
- Idioma:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.