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Siddhartha

(Enriched Classics)

By Hermann Hesse

(879)

| Mass Market Paperback | 9781416561484

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Siddhartha is perhaps the most important and compelling moral allegory our troubled century has produced. Integrating Eastern and Western spiritual traditions with psychoanalysis and philosophy, this strangely simple tale, written with a deep and moving empathy for humanity, has touched the lives ofContinue

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Hermann Hesse: Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse is yet another of those authors I’ve never had much success with. Gave up on Steppenwolf, intimidated by the scale of The Glass Bead Game (not to mention his Nobel), and tempted – but not enough – by lesser-known titles such as Peter Ca ... (read full critics)

theasylum published on Fri, 10 Sep 2010

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I love this book very much, Siddhartha emerged as a symbol of which who seek the truth. The truth of life, is an intrinsic necessity embeded ineveryone's heart, it had been waiting for one to unravel, to explore, to experience, to understand
and to act on it. This book is truly self discovery, ... (continue)

I love this book very much, Siddhartha emerged as a symbol of which who seek the truth. The truth of life, is an intrinsic necessity embeded ineveryone's heart, it had been waiting for one to unravel, to explore, to experience, to understand
and to act on it. This book is truly self discovery,
"knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, be fortified by it, do wonders throught i, but one cannot communicate and teach it." Herman Hesse

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Hilary said on May 12, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

English version of Siddhartha. I really appreciate this book, my first time reading it was the Italian version. Now English for improving my language skills =) By the way, this book is about the Son of Bramin, Siddhartha, that complete a trip in his life for discovering himself. After that he found ... (continue)

English version of Siddhartha. I really appreciate this book, my first time reading it was the Italian version. Now English for improving my language skills =) By the way, this book is about the Son of Bramin, Siddhartha, that complete a trip in his life for discovering himself. After that he found the peace in his soul. I love it, expecially the first part when "he can think, he can wait and he can fast" .

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av3n said on Sep 14, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback