LEADER 01640nam 22003853u 450 001 9910155504603321 005 20230803040948.0 010 $a1-304-62705-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000508625 035 $a(EBL)1669960 035 $a(Exl-AI)993710000000508625 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000508625 100 $a20151123d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSiddhartha 210 $cSheba Blake Publishing$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (307 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 330 $a Siddhartha (1922) by Hermann Hesse is a novel whose title character is an exceedingly intelligent young Brahman, a member of Hindu's highest caste, who leads an ostensibly charmed and wealthy life, yet is existentially hollow. Originally written in Hesse's native German, Siddhartha is his 9th and most famous work. It wasn't published in the U.S. until 1951, but would achieve cult status there during the turbulent social crises of the 60s and 70s. Hesse had difficulty writing Siddhartha, which took him several years, as he felt he could not achieve a similarly enlightened state as his protagon 606 $aSpiritual life$vFiction$7Generated by AI 606 $aExistentialism$7Generated by AI 615 0$aSpiritual life 615 0$aExistentialism 700 $aHesse$b Herman$01021 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910155504603321 996 $aSiddhartha$93413910 997 $aUNINA