Siddhartha

an Indian tale

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Hermann Hesse: Siddhartha (2015, Digireads.com Publishing)

98 pages

English language

Published May 15, 2015 by Digireads.com Publishing.

ISBN:
978-1-4209-5148-6
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OCLC Number:
1048896787

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4 stars (2 reviews)

Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy who travels the country in a quest for spiritual enlightenment in the time of Guatama Buddha. It is a compact, lyrical work, which reads like an allegory about the finding of wisdom.

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Fourth read into Hesse and I can confidently say there’s a schema common to everything he writes. All I can do is marvel at the fact his reused ‘wander to find yourself’ bit has not once bored me. That being said, this is still no GBG or N&G.

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Subjects

  • Brahmans
  • Fiction
  • Spiritual life
  • Social life and customs
  • Brahmanes
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Vie spirituelle
  • Mœurs et coutumes
  • Manners and customs

Places

  • India
  • Inde