Siddhartha

This is the original 1971 1st Printing... Very slight toning, else content appears as unopened, unread and unblemished with Good++ pictorial wraps displaying minimal surface/edge wear, as shown. Slight crease on back.

About the book: The classic novel of a quest for knowledge that has delighted, inspired, and influenced generations of readers, writers, and thinkers' a perennial favorite for graduation gifts.

Nominated as one of Americas best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

Though set in a place and time far removed from the Germany of 1922, the year of the books debut, the novel is infused with the sensibilities of Hermann Hesses' time, synthesizing disparate philosophies Eastern religions, Jungian archetypes, Western individualism into a unique vision of life as expressed through one man's search for meaning.

It is the story of the quest of Siddhartha, a wealthy Indian Brahmin who casts off a life of privilege and comfort to seek spiritual fulfillment and wisdom. On his journey, Siddhartha encounters wandering ascetics, Buddhist monks, and successful merchants, as well as a courtesan named Kamala and a simple ferryman who has attained enlightenment. Traveling among these people and experiencing life's vital passages' love, work, friendship, and fatherhood' Siddhartha discovers that true knowledge is guided from within. Search for Self-knowledge

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