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Siddhartha

An Indian Tale (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

By Ralph Freedman, Hermann Hesse, Joachim Neugroschel (Translator)

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| Paperback | 9780141181233

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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 lContinue

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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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[This] is a shimmering, iridescent tale of spiritual quest. It is Nobel Prize-winner Hermann Hesse’s most famous and influent work. 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 an ... (continue)

[This] is a shimmering, iridescent tale of spiritual quest. It is Nobel Prize-winner Hermann Hesse’s most famous and influent work. 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.

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Your Sources said on Apr 2, 2012 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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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 | Add your feedback

"SIDDARTHA" una saggezza divina che da sensibilità all'animo

un libro da leggere e da godere.Sempra pesante...ma da armina e serenità.A chi lo legge,accarezza la mente come come un alito di una calda notte d'estate!

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Angiuluzzu said on May 29, 2012 about the Library Binding edition | Add your feedback

I also enjoyed 'Demian', set during WW1, but this captured my heart because I always enjoy a good quest for spiritual awareness.

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Wallacekevin said on Dec 4, 2010 about the Mass Market 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