Siddhartha, Paperback
Descriere
Written in a prose of almost biblical simplicity and beauty, it is the story of a soul's long quest in search of he ultimate answer to the enigma of man's role on this earth. As a youth, the young Indian Siddhartha meets the Buddha but cannot be content with a disciple's role: he must work out his own destiny and solve his own doubt--a tortuous road that carries him through the sensuality of a love affair with the beautiful courtesan Kamala, the temptation of success and riches, the heartache of struggle with his own son, to final renunciation and self-knowledge The name ""Siddhartha"" is one often given to the Buddha himself--perhaps a clue to Hesse's aims in contrasting the traditional legendary figure with his own conception, as a European (Hesse was Swiss), of a spiritual explorer.
Despre autor
Hermann Karl Hesse, pseudonim: Emil Sinclair scriitor german, laureat al Premiului Nobel pentru Literatură pe anul 1946. Este faimos pentru romanele sale Lupul de stepă, Jocul cu mărgele de sticlă, Narcis și Gură de aur și Siddhartha.
