by Hermann Hesse · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141189574
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«Siddhartha» is Hermann Hesse's spiritual novel, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (144 pages, in English).
Siddhartha, son of a Brahmin, seeks a state of consciousness in ancient India. Dissatisfied with the life that awaits him, he leaves his home and traverses asceticism, wealth, and sensual love before reaching a river, where a ferryman brings him closer to understanding existence. A moral allegory inspired by Indian transcendental philosophy.
This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Paulo Coelho and a translation by Hilda Rosner; the work was originally published in 1922.
Recommended for readers interested in spirituality, Eastern philosophy, and classic twentieth-century narrative.
Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature. His interest in Eastern religious, spiritual, and philosophical traditions, combined with his involvement with Jungian analysis, helped shape his literary work. His best-known novels include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, Narcissus and Goldmund, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge, and spirituality.
