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Nobel Prize in Literature のーべるぶんがくしょう

Edition 39 (1946)

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Hermann Hesse へるまん へっせ Winner

The story follows Siddhartha, a young Brahmin’s son, as he passes through asceticism, worldly experience, encounters, and loss in search of truth and selfhood. Eastern thought and a quiet, lyrical style support the novel’s spiritual search.

A young man moves through doubt and wandering in an effort to reach his own truth.

128 pages
spiritual questself-realizationEastern thoughtenlightenmentsolitude