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Siddhartha: A Novel. Complete edition with original illustrations

Name: Siddhartha: A Novel. Complete edition with original illustrations
Rating: 5 (28 reviews)
Author: Hermann Hesse
ISBN: 9781519150240

Hermann Hesse · 1981 · 90 pages

Siddhartha : An Indian Tale
Hermann HESSE (1877 - 1962),
Translator: Gunther Olesch, Anke Dreher, Amy Coulter, Stefan Langer and Semyon Chaichenets

Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha, son of an Indian Brahman, leaves his family and begins a lifelong journey towards Enlightenment. On the way he faces the entire range of human experience and emotion: he lives with ascetics, meets Gotama the Buddha, learns the art of love from Kamala the courtesan, and is transformed by the simple philosophy of the ferryman Vasudeva whose wisdom comes not from learned teachings but from observing the River. Herman Hesse (1877-1962) was a German-Swiss novelist, poet, and painter. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946.

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Naval Ravikant
“Depends what you want. Science or philosophy or...? Beginning of Infinity, Rational Optimist, Skin in the Game are all amazing. If you want more eastern philosophy, try Siddhartha, I am That, Jed McKenna.”↗
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“We're going to finish with Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. Maybe it doesn't make sense to end on this, maybe it does make sense to end on this? I think I'll know once I read reread it. It is the the story of Buddha. [...] It's a beautiful, beautiful book that I would highly recommend to anyone. It really surprised me, caught me out of nowhere.”
Bryan Johnson
“Love Siddhartha.”↗
Hugh Jackman
“I was given this book as I was going off to drama school. Acting, to me, was the most potent way to find out who you were and what life was about, and this book—about a young man who follows the rules but questions what is true, not for his father or for the community but what is true for himself—confirmed that, yes, I’m on the right path. Siddhartha’s quest is a reminder that we always have to find our own truth. I’m a bit of a zealot about this book—I’ve probably given away about 100 copies.”↗
Amanda Palmer
“Siddhartha changed my life. i named my first cat govinda when i was 15 because of that damn book. steppenwolf changed me more, though. there is nothing in the world like that book, nothing.”↗
Justin Kan
“@msuster @kalvepuri @orangebook_ Excited for you, Mark. Siddhartha is one of two books I’ve lived my life by since I read 20 years ago!”↗
Wim Hof
“I would encourage young people to read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse or Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Richard Bach. Both are books that can inspire you to go and challenge yourself beyond your fears. Be uninhibited and you will find great worlds.”↗
Brie Larson
“You can read it at every stage of your life and there’ll always be something there for you.”↗
Jason Segel
“I read Siddhartha in high school, and I carry a copy with me whenever I travel. I responded to the twists and turns of the Buddha’s journey, of trying out a million different ways to live, and the very human story of an enlightened figure.”↗
Navdeep Chandel
“It’s a nice book about a journey of an evolution of a young man into an adult.”↗
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