Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

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.

• Good Condition
• Book Title: Siddhartha
• Author: Hermann Hesse
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Release Date: January 1951
  
• Print Length: 128 Pages
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.9" in.
• Item Weight: 0.34 lbs.