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Hermann Hesse, Hermann Hesse: Siddhartha. (1957, New Directions)

122 pages

English language

Published Aug. 7, 1957 by New Directions.

OCLC Number:
541619

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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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  • Buddhism -- Fiction