Hermann Hesse: Siddhartha/The Dhammapada/The Buddha, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Siddhartha/The Dhammapada/The Buddha
- Translation:
- Hilda Rosner, Irving Babbitt
- Publisher:
- New Directions Publishing Corporation, 09/2009
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780811218504
- Item number:
- 2174748
- Volume:
- 184 Pages
- Weight:
- 181 g
- Format:
- 203 x 132 mm
- Thickness:
- 11 mm
- Release date:
- 28.9.2009
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
Written in a prose of almost biblical simplicity and beauty, Siddhartha is the story of a soul's long quest for the answer to the enigma of man's role on earth. As a youth, the young Indian Siddhartha meets the Buddha but isn't content with the disciple's role. He must work out his own destiny-a torturous road on which he experiences a love affair with the beautiful courtesan Kamala, the temptation of success and riches, the heartache of struggling with his own son, and finally, renunciation and self-knowledge.
The name "Siddhartha" is often given to the Buddha himself-perhaps a clue to Hesse's aims contrasting the traditional legendary figure with his own conception.
This new edition of the classic Siddhartha includes The Dhammapada ("Path of Virtue"), the 423 verses attributed to the Buddha himself, which forms the essence of the ethics of Buddhist philosophy.
Biography (Hermann Hesse)
Hermann Hesse, geb. am 2.7.1877 in Calw/Württemberg als Sohn eines baltendeutschen Missionars und der Tochter eines württembergischen Indologen, starb am 9.8.1962 in Montagnola bei Lugano. Er wurde 1946 mit dem Nobelpreis für Literatur, 1955 mit dem Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels ausgezeichnet. Nach einer Buchhändlerlehre war er seit 1904 freier Schriftsteller, zunächst in Gaienhofen am Bodensee, später im Tessin. Er ist einer der bekanntesten deutschen Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts.
