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Siddhartha
- Author
- Hermann Hesse
- Narrator
- Firdous Bamji
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 8 May 2006
- Run Time
- 5 hours 17 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Hermann Hesse
- Narrator
- Firdous Bamji
- Duration
- 5 hours 17 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 May 2006
- ISBN
- 9781436100960
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Classic fiction, Religious and spiritual fiction, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
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
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