by Hermann Hesse · EDICIONES GERNIKA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789686599305
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«Siddharta» is the novel by Hermann Hesse published by Ediciones Gernika in paperback, with 156 pages in Spanish.
Set in India at the time of the Buddha, it narrates the spiritual journey of Siddhartha, a young Brahmin who leaves his home with his friend Govinda in search of his true self. After trying asceticism and worldly life, Siddhartha discovers that wisdom lies in the unity of all things.
The work was originally published in 1922 under the title Siddhartha: Eine indische Dichtung.
For readers interested in literary classics with a philosophical and spiritual background.
Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature. His interest in Eastern religious, spiritual, and philosophical traditions, combined with his involvement with Jungian analysis, helped shape his literary work. His best-known novels include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, Narcissus and Goldmund, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge, and spirituality.
