Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Hesse, Hermann |
| Publisher: | Bantam |
| Date: | 12/1/1981 |
| Binding: | Mass-market Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
The classic novel of a quest for knowledge that has delighted, inspired, and influenced generations of readers, writers, and thinkers—a perennial favorite for graduation gifts.
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
Though set in a place and time farremoved from the Germany of 1922, the year of the book’s debut, the novel is infusedwith the sensibilities of Hermann Hesse’s time, synthesizing disparate philosophies–Easternreligions, Jungian archetypes, Western individualism–into a unique vision of lifeas expressed through one man’s search for meaning.
It is the story of the questof Siddhartha, a wealthy Indian Brahmin who casts off a life of privilege and comfortto seek spiritual fulfillment and wisdom. On his journey, Siddhartha encounters wanderingascetics, Buddhist monks, and successful merchants, as well as a courtesan namedKamala and a simple ferryman who has attained enlightenment. Traveling among thesepeople and experiencing life’s vital passages–love, work, friendship, and fatherhood–Siddharthadiscovers that true knowledge is guided from within.
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