{"product_id":"siddhartha-9780811200684","title":"Siddhartha","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Written in a prose of almost biblical simplicity and beauty, it is the story of a soul's long quest in search of he ultimate answer to the enigma of man's role on this earth. As a youth, the young Indian Siddhartha meets the Buddha but cannot be content with a disciple's 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The name \"Siddhartha\" is one often given to the Buddha himself--perhaps a clue to Hesse's aims in contrasting the traditional legendary figure with his own conception, as a European (Hesse was Swiss), of a spiritual explorer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hermann Hesse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/1957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.3lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811200684","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273915728009,"sku":"9780811200684","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_f59c6f0b-21d5-40ce-8fb0-47ccdcda1c5d.jpg?v=1736841542","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/siddhartha-9780811200684","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}