{"product_id":"siddhartha-a-new-translation-9781570627217","title":"Siddhartha: A New Translation","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne America's Favorite Books, PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNobel Prize-winning author: This classic of 20th-century literature chronicles the spiritual evolution of a man living in India at the time of the Buddha--a tale that has inspired generations of readers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here is a fresh translation of the classic Herman Hesse novel, from Sherab Chödzin Kohn--a gifted translator and longtime student of Buddhism and Eastern philosophy. Kohn invites readers along Siddhartha's spiritual journey--experiencing his highs and lows, loves and disappointments along the way. We first meet Siddhartha as a privileged brahmin's son. Handsome, well-loved, and growing increasingly dissatisfied with the life expected of him, he then sets out on his journey, not realizing that he is fulfilling the prophesies proclaimed at his birth. Siddhartha blends in with the world, showing the reader the beauty and intricacies of the mind, nature, and his experiences on the path to enlightenment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sherab Chödzin Kohn's flowing, poetic translation conveys the philosophical and spiritual nuances of Hesse's text, paying special attention to the qualities of meditative experience. Also included is an extensive introduction by Paul W. Morris that discusses the impact \u003ci\u003eSiddhartha\u003c\/i\u003e has had on American culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHermann Hesse was born in 1877 in Calw, Germany. He was the son and grandson of Protestant missionaries and was educated in religious schools until the age of thirteen, when he dropped out of school. At age eighteen he moved to Basel, Switzerland, to work as a bookseller and lived in Switzerland for most of his life. His early novels include \u003ci\u003ePeter Camenzind \u003c\/i\u003e (1904), \u003ci\u003e Beneath the Wheel \u003c\/i\u003e (1906), \u003ci\u003eGertrud\u003c\/i\u003e (1910), and \u003ci\u003eRosshalde\u003c\/i\u003e (1914). During this period Hesse married and had three sons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring World War I Hesse worked to supply German prisoners of war with reading materials and expressed his pacifist leanings in antiwar tracts and novels. Hesse's lifelong battles with depression drew him to study Freud during this period and, later, to undergo analysis with Jung. His first major literary success was the novel \u003ci\u003eDemian\u003c\/i\u003e (1919). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Hesse's first marriage ended, he moved to Montagnola, Switzerland, where he created his best-known works: \u003ci\u003eSiddhartha \u003c\/i\u003e(1922), \u003ci\u003eSteppenwolf \u003c\/i\u003e(1927), \u003ci\u003eNarcissus and Goldmund \u003c\/i\u003e (1930), \u003ci\u003eJourney to the East \u003c\/i\u003e(1932), and \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Bead Game \u003c\/i\u003e (1943). Hesse won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. He died in 1962 at the age of eighty-five.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725495111954,"sku":"9781570627217","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1abcb720-6720-45a9-a76d-190f43706677.jpg?v=1734831089","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/siddhartha-a-new-translation-9781570627217","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}