Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse · 1922
Buy on AmazonHermann 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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"I also loved Hermann Hesse — "Siddhartha," "The Glass Bead Game.""
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