Herman Hesse – författare

Siddhartha is a simple yet powerful and lyrical novel. Siddhartha is a man in search of enlightenment in the time of Buddah. He learns that experience is the best way to approach understanding of reality and attain enlightenment. Hermann Hesse won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature. A landmark novel.

Narziss und Goldmund is the author's masterpiece published in 1930, which narrates the life experience of a pair of friends who represent the rational asceticism and the sensual hedonism of lust.The monastery's young apprentice, Narziss, was so talented that the abbot, Daniel, loved him. The new student Goldmund is infatuated with the worldly life. Although they become friends, Goldmund does not want to listen to the worldly instructions of Narziss. He goes to the village to have a tryst with the girl and escaped the monastery to wander around. He experienced both happiness and sorrow, which turned him into a mature person. He was later sentenced to death for falling in love with the governor's mistress. The abbot, Narziss, rescued him from prison and let him concentrate on sculpture creation. Glodmund was out on the march again, and on the way he fell seriously ill. Naeziss expressed great kindness before his death and Goldmund finally rested in peace.

Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha: An Indian Novel, published in 1922, is about a man named Siddhartha's spiritual quest of self-discovery during the time of the Gautama Buddha. It was Hesse's ninth book and was written in a straightforward, lyrical style in German. It was released in the United States in 1951, and it gained popularity in the 1960s. Hesse wrote it as a tribute to Wilhelm Gundert, his cousin, and to Romain Rolland in the first section. The Sanskrit words Siddha (achieved) and artha (what was sought after), which make up the name Siddhartha, collectively mean "he who has found meaning (of existence)" or "he who has achieved his objectives. Actually, the Buddha was known as Siddhartha Gautama when he was the prince of Kapilavastu. The story takes place in the historic kingdom of Kapilavastu in Nepal. Siddhartha makes the decision to forsake his house in the pursuit of enlightenment through asceticism as an animal roaming beggar. Together with his best friend Govinda, Siddhartha abstains from food, abandons his home, gives up all of his possessions, and engages in prolonged meditation before seeking out and speaking with Gautama, the renowned Buddha or Enlightened One.