Siddhartha
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.
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- Apparently! I'm mostly a non-fiction reader but a few fictions I really like:
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle
- A River Runs Through It
- Stoner
- The Tartar Steppe
- Siddhartha
And a very cliche recommendation but will still make it, the first 3 Game of Thrones books. I also like the Dark Tower series.
- If you haven't done so already, you should probably read Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.
If you have read it already, you should probably read it again.
- I'd also suggest Siddhartha for this. Having read it at different points of my life makes it uniquely special.
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
This book has stayed with me for years. It's a quiet, deeply reflective journey about self-discovery, the search for meaning. What resonated most was this idea that true understanding can't be taught—it must be lived and experienced.
It’s a short read, but one that invites you to slow down. Each time I return to it, I take away something new depending on where I am in life.
- A relative had to pass a "non Western" book for a high school class. She came to me because I was a known reader.
I suggested Siddhartha. Her friend picked War and Peace.
My credibility went waaaay up:)
(Siddhartha is very thin, like the book)
1984 (Orwell) Siddhartha (Hesse) The Gulag Archipelago (Solzhenitsyn)
