207 pages
German language
Published Aug. 7, 1950 by Fretz & Wawmuth.
Siddhartha (German language, 1950, Fretz & Wawmuth)
207 pages
German language
Published Aug. 7, 1950 by Fretz & Wawmuth.
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.