Siddhartha
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2001-02-01 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #2500 |
Description
"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse is a novel published in 1922 that follows a young Brahmin's spiritual quest for enlightenment in ancient India during the time of the Buddha. Rejecting both ascetic extremes and worldly pleasures, Siddhartha embarks on his own path of self-discovery, encountering love, wealth, suffering, and loss. Through these experiences and the wisdom of a humble ferryman beside a mystical river, he seeks to transcend time and understand the complete unity of all existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)