Siddhartha
1922 · literary fiction · adult
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Set in 1 place · 1 primarySense of Place
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Description · Open Library (CC0)
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.
Set in
- ★India · India★ primaryPrimary setting — ancient India, time of Buddha
