{"product_id":"9781412189538","title":"Siddhartha","description":"\u003cp\u003eA book—rare in our arid age—that takes root in the heart and grows there for a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere the spirituality of the East and the West have met in a novel that enfigures deep human wisdom with a rich and colorful imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in a prose of almost biblical simplicity and beauty, it is the story of a soul's long quest in search of he ultimate answer to the enigma of man's role on this earth. As a youth, the young Indian Siddhartha meets the Buddha but cannot be content with a disciple's role: he must work out his own destiny and solve his own doubt—a tortuous road that carries him through the sensuality of a love affair with the beautiful courtesan Kamala, the temptation of success and riches, the heartache of struggle with his own son, to final renunciation and self-knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe name \"Siddhartha\" is one often given to the Buddha himself—perhaps a clue to Hesse's aims in contrasting the traditional legendary figure with his own conception, as a European (Hesse was Swiss), of a spiritual explorer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eBooksLib","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172047012080,"sku":"9781412189538","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781412189538_p0.jpg?v=1763724302","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781412189538","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}