Siddhartha : an Indian tale /
Hermann Hesse ; translated from the German by Joachim Neugroschel ; with an introduction by Ralph Freedman.
- New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1999.
- xxxv, 132 p. ; 20 cm.
- Penguin twentieth-century classics .
The Son of the Brahman -- With the Samanas -- Gotama -- Awakening -- Kamala -- With the Child-People -- Samsara -- By the River -- The Ferryman -- The Son -- Om -- Govinda.
Set in India, Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin's search for ultimate reality after meeting with the Buddha. His quest takes him from a life of decadence to asceticism, through the illusory joys of sensual love with a beautiful courtesan, and of wealth and fame, to the painful struggles with his son and the ultimate wisdom of renunciation.