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Description
A young Indian mystic, a contemporary of Buddha, sacrifices everything to search for the true meaning of life.
Memorable Quotes
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“When someone is seeking, it happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to find anything, unable to absorb anything because he is only thinking of the thing he is seeking...”
First Sentence
IN THE SHADOW of the house, in the sun on the riverbank by the boats, in the shadow of the saltree forest, in the shadow of the fig tree, Siddhartha, the beautiful brahmin's son, the young falcon, grew up with his friend, the brahmin's son Govinda.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Hermann Hesse (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Sherab Chodzin (Translator)
- Joachim Neugroschel (Translator)
- Susan Bernofsky (Translator)
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