Siddhartha

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Siddhartha
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Hermann Hesse
Translated by Susan Bernofsky
Introduction by Tom Robbins
SeriesModern Library Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 202,Width 132
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780812974782
ClassificationsDewey:FIC
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House USA Inc
Imprint Modern Library Inc
Publication Date 4 December 2007
Publication Country United States

Description

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.

Author Biography

Hermann Hesse's novels include The Glass Bead Game and Demian. The winner of the Nobel Prize, he died in 1962 at age 85. Ludwig Max Fischer, PhD, has been professor of German and comparative mythology or over thirty years at Willamette University in Salem, OR.