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Siddhartha: An Indian Tale
Contributor(s): Hesse, Hermann (Author)

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 ISBN: 1461083346     ISBN-13: 9781461083344
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $9.17  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Satire
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Lexile Measure: 1010
Physical Information: 0.21" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.31 lbs) 88 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Buddhist
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 8672
Reading Level: 7.1   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 6.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Hesse's Siddhartha is one of the most popular Western novels set in India. The story begins as Siddhartha, the son of a Brahmin, leaves his home to join the ascetics with his companion Govinda. The two set out in the search of enlightenment. Siddhartha goes from asceticism, to a very worldly life as a trader with a lover, and back to asceticism as he attempts to achieve this goal. The story takes place in ancient India around the time of Gautama Buddha (likely between the fourth and seventh centuries BCE - Before the Common Era). A major preoccupation of Hesse in writing Siddhartha was to cure his 'sickness with life' (Lebenskrankheit) by immersing himself in Indian philosophy such as that expounded in the philosophical texts of the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. The reason why the second half of the book took so long to write was that Hesse "had not experienced that transcendental state of unity to which Siddhartha aspires. In an attempt to do so, Hesse lived as a virtual semi-recluse and became deeply immersed in the sacred teachings of both Hindu and Buddhist scriptures. His intention was to attain to that 'completeness' which, in the novel, is the Buddha's badge of distinction. The novel is structured on three of the traditional stages of life for Hindu males - student (brahmacarin), householder (grihastha) and recluse/renunciate (vanaprastha) - as well as the Buddha's four noble truths (Part One) and eightfold path (Part Two) which form twelve chapters, the number in the novel.
 
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