Review: Siddhartha

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Definitely, a book for lost souls. I come back to Hesse at times in life and most appreciate this one and [b:Narcissus and Goldmund|5954|Narcissus and Goldmund|Hermann Hesse|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1374680750s/5954.jpg|955995]. I appreciat the artful revelation of the same peace-throught-tending-your-own-garden moral of [b:Candide|19380|Candide|Voltaire|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1345060082s/19380.jpg|2833018]. The meditative buddhist theme with a leitmotif of "om" for me underscores how in conflict this simple path of being useful, content, at peace is with the world when I read of [a:Allen Ginsberg|4261|Allen Ginsberg|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1206649831p2/4261.jpg] going hoarce withe "om" during the tragic 1969 Democractic National Convention in Chicago in [b:Fug You: An Informal History of the Peace Eye Bookstore, the Fuck You Press, the Fugs, and Counterculture in the Lower East Side|8639720|Fug You An Informal History of the Peace Eye Bookstore, the Fuck You Press, the Fugs, and Counterculture in the Lower East Side|Ed Sanders|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1344671262s/8639720.jpg|13510703].



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