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Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

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Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy who travels the country in a quest for spiritual enlightenment in the time of Guatama Buddha. It is a compact, lyrical work, which reads like an allegory about the finding of wisdom.

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Subjects

  • Alegorías
  • Buddha (The concept)
  • Buddha and Buddhism
  • Buddhism
  • Buddhist Philosophy
  • Budismo
  • Chrestomathies and readers
  • Classic Literature
  • Enlightenment (Buddhism)
  • Ficción
  • Fiction
  • Gautama Buddha
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