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.
71 pages
English language
Published Dec. 18, 2008 by Brandywine Studio Press.
Subjects
- Buddhism
- Fiction
- Religion
- Social life and customs
- Buddhist philosophy
- Bouddhisme
- Romans, nouvelles
- Mœurs et coutumes
- Philosophie bouddhique
- Manners and customs
Places
- India
- Inde
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