Siddhartha /
Hermann Hesse.
- New York : Bantam Books, 1971
- 152 pages ; 19 cm.
- Bantam Books .
Originally published: New York : New Directions, 1951
In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life-- the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace, and, finally, wisdom