Siddhartha
Subtitle: an Indian tale
By: Hermann Hesse ; translated from the German by Joachim Neugroschel ; with an introduction by Ralph Freedman.
Contributors: Neugroschel, Joachim.
Series: Penguin twentieth-century classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Description: Hesse's famous and influential novel, Siddhartha, is perhaps the most important and compelling moral allegory our troubled century has produced. Integrating Eastern and Western spiritual traditions with psychoanalysis and philosophy, this strangely simple talc, written with a deep and moving empathy for humanity, has touched the lives of millions since its original publication in 1922.

Set in India, Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin's search for ultimate reality after meeting with the Buddha. His quest takes him from a life of decadence to asceticism, through the illusory joys of sensual love with a beautiful courtesan, and of wealth and fame, to the painful struggles with his son and the ultimate wisdom of renunciation. This new translation by award-winning translator Joachim Neugroschel includes an introduction by Hesse biographer Ralph Freedman.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxiii-xxxv).