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Siddhartha Hermann Hesse by HILDA ROSNER, Hermann Hesse, Edith Grossman, New Hampshire State Library., New Hampshire Humanities Council, Hermann Hesse, translated by Hilda Rosner is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life-- the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace, and, finally, wisdom. In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life -- the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace, and, finally, wisdom 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. The hero, Siddhartha, endowed with all the virtues, goes through the fire of various experiences to eme

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Author

HILDA ROSNER, Hermann Hesse, Edith Grossman, New Hampshire State Library., New Hampshire Humanities Council, Hermann Hesse, translated by Hilda Rosner

Publisher

Toronto; New York: Bantam Books

Published

1971

Language

EN

ISBN

9780553208849

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Children'S, Fiction

Rating

3.99 / 5 (380,353 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14