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ISBN-10: 0143124331
ISBN-13: 9780143124337
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Publish Date: 05/07/2013
Dimensions: 7.70" L, 5.40" W, 0.90" H

Siddhartha

Illustrator: Jessica Hische
Translator: Joachim Neugroschel

Hardcover

Price: $27.00

Overview

H is for Hesse. A young Brahmin named Siddhartha searches for ultimate reality after meeting with the Buddha. His quest takes him from a life of decadence to asceticism, from the illusory joys of sensual love with a beautiful courtesan, and of wealth and fame, to the painful struggles with his son and the ultimate wisdom of renunciation. Integrating Eastern and Western spiritual traditions with psychoanalysis and philosophy, written with a deep and moving empathy for humanity, Herman Hesse’s strangely simple Siddhartha is perhaps the most important and compelling moral allegory the troubled twentieth century ever produced.

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ISBN-10: 0143124331
ISBN-13: 9780143124337
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Publish Date: 05/07/2013
Dimensions: 7.70" L, 5.40" W, 0.90" H
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