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SIDDHARTHA - HERMANN HESSE TASCHENBUCH

The classic novel of a quest for knowledge that has delighted  inspired  and influenced
generations of readers  writers  and thinkers-a perennial favorite for graduation gifts.
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Though set in
a place and time far removed from the Germany of 1922  the year of the book's debut  the novel
is infused with the sensibilities of Hermann Hesse's time  synthesizing disparate
philosophies-Eastern religions  Jungian archetypes  Western individualism-into a unique vision
of life as expressed through one man's search for meaning. It is the story of the quest of
Siddhartha  a wealthy Indian Brahmin who casts off a life of privilege and comfort to seek
spiritual fulfillment and wisdom. On his journey  Siddhartha encounters wandering ascetics 
Buddhist monks  and successful merchants  as well as a courtesan named Kamala and a simple
ferryman who has attained enlightenment. Traveling among these people and experiencing life's
vital passages-love  work  friendship  and fatherhood-Siddhartha discovers that true knowledge
is guided from within.

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