Siddhartha (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	A New Directions Paperback, 0
Release date:	February 1957
First published:	1957
Authors:	Hermann Hesse
Translators:	Hilda Rosner
Dimensions:	203 x 132 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
ISBN-13:	978-0-8112-0068-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8112-0068-X
Barcode:	9780811200684

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