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Siddhartha (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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Hesse's siddhartha poeticizes the truth-seeking endeavors of a protagonist who overthrows convention and becomes more religious. The fictional aspect allows hesse to interweave common literary devices, such as heroic journeys and coming-of-age revelat... Read More

Siddhartha’ is a deeply eastern philosophical story. Written by a westerner, it has the soul and power of an ancient eastern myth. It follows a young nepalese boy on his journey to find a spiritual home. The story follows a contemporary of the buddha ... Read More

This is an allegorical tale that packs a lot of meaning into a fairly short novel. It is at once a timeless story and one that the reader will wish to continually revisit at different phases in his or her life.

Each awakening requires a death and rebirth of a part of the self. Fulfillment is the result of independent seeking and living, as well as the mastery of collective brahmin, ascetic, and practical teachings.

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Quality

The book and the quality of the print is absolutely beautifulonly qualm is that the rough edges of the paper although beautiful... Read More

This is a book that will stay with the reader for a lifetime

Although the original translation with the blue cover holds a place in heart for sentimental reasons i now see that translator ... Read More

As a westerner there were some thought processes that i didnt agree with

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Siddhartha is both a western and eastern tale

Siddhartha is one of many favorite books of all time

Packaging/appearance

He learned to follow those and other paths he left his self a thousands times for hours on end and days on end he lingered in the nonself

Competitiveness

I bought this as a gift for a young philosophy student who hadn’t read it yet—it is a really nice gift version—for a paperback—... Read More

Siddhartha becomes more religious as a result of the authors introspection

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This product had a total of 361 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 21 2022.