Siddhartha
Once the preferred marching song of '60s hippies, Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha has returned to its rightful high niche in world literature. This translation by Susan Bernofsky highlights the unblemished clarity of Hesse's tale of spiritual sacrifice and awakening.
Once the preferred marching song of '60s hippies, Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha has returned to its rightful high niche in world literature. This translation by Susan Bernofsky highlights the unblemished clarity of Hesse's tale of spiritual sacrifice and awakening.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780553208849
Publish date: 28-12-1981
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Edition language: English
When I first started reading this book, I was under the impression that the book is based on the life of the Prince of Kapilvastu, Siddhartha, who later became known to the world as Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism which was the reason why I so wanted to read the book. Also, I was repeatedly r...
Soooooo Siddhartha (I shall call him Sid) his family is brahmin and he's living the good life searching for inner peace and enlightenment. After he thinks he's pretty much learned everything, he renounces his name, possessions, and family and leaves town with his bud Govinda (I shall be calling him ...
A story about Siddhartha's spiritual journey to find the truth and in the process himself. The enthralling journey takes him to saints, merchants, courtesan, ferryman, etc. With each acquaintance he learnt something which took him near to the truth. Short and concise novel and a classic.
This book gave me much more than I was expecting. I started reading it because a) it was free, and b) I saw it on a list of books that had been banned or challenged, and wanted to see why. I can only imagine it ever being challenged in the Bible belt maybe, with it's focus on a journey to Nirvana.Th...
I first read this book in high school, and am very glad that I decided to do so again.Hesse's protagonist, Siddhartha, is a wealthy young man in India's Brahmin caste. Throughout the course of the book, he gives up everything to become an ascetic, then becomes a gambler, a lover and even a ferryman...
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