(Original, Unabridged Classic, Premium Hardbound Collector's Edition, Ideal for Gifting)
Hermann Hesse
"Wisdom cannot be passed from one person to another. Everyone must find it for themselves."
In ancient India, the young Brahmin Siddhartha leaves everything behind — family, comfort, the teachings of the wisest men — to find his own path to enlightenment. His journey takes him from asceticism to sensual indulgence, from poverty to wealth, and finally to the banks of a river where a humble ferryman teaches him what no master could. Hermann Hesse published Siddhartha in 1922 and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946.
With a Goodreads rating of 4.02, Siddhartha endures as what Paulo Coelho — who wrote the introduction to the Penguin Classics edition — calls the most important and compelling moral allegory of the twentieth century. Integrating Eastern and Western spiritual traditions with a deceptively simple narrative, it is one of those rare books that touches readers at different points in their lives and always offers something new.
This premium hardbound collector's edition with sprayed edges presents Hesse's original, unabridged text — an ideal gift for seekers, readers, and collectors of world literature.
