(Click Links To View) You are visitor to this site as of May 28, 2003

A Shimmmering, iridescent tale of Spiritual Quest. It is a Nobel Prize-Winner. Herman Hesse's most famous and influential work. "The true proffesion of a man is to find his way to himself." 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, he moves on again. Near dispair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life -- The beginning of suffereing, rejection, peace, and finally, wisdom Disclaimer - Please Credit Pinkmonkey Booknotes as a source of knowledge in building this website.