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Siddhartha (1951, New Directions)

153 pages

English language

Published Nov. 10, 1951 by New Directions.

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Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy who travels the country in a quest for spiritual enlightenment in the time of Guatama Buddha. It is a compact, lyrical work, which reads like an allegory about the finding of wisdom.

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Subjects

  • Buddhism -- History -- Early period, to ca. 250 B.C.
  • Gautama Buddha -- Teachings