Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
Category: Classic
Narrator: Unknown
Tags: Classic
Here the spirituality of the East and the West have met in a novel that enfigures deep human wisdom with a rich and colorful imagination., Written in a prose of almost biblical simplicity and beauty, it is the story of a souls long quest in search of he ultimate answer to the enigma of mans role on this earth. As a youth, the young Indian Siddhartha meets the Buddha but cannot be content with a disciples role: he must work out his own destiny and solve his own doubt a tortuous road that carries him through the sensuality of a love affair with the beautiful courtesan Kamala, the temptation of success and riches, the heartache of struggle with his own son, to final renunciation and self-knowledge.
