Siddhartha: A New Translation (Shambhala Classics) by Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse’s novel follows a young Brahmin’s son through spiritual searching, worldly experience, love and disappointment in ancient India. Siddhartha’s path unfolds during the time of the Buddha, but the story is literary fiction rather than a biography of the historical Buddha.

This edition features Sherab Chödzin Kohn’s translation and an introduction by Paul W. Morris. Readers drawn to philosophical fiction can follow the character’s changing relationship with desire, experience and understanding through a translation attentive to the novel’s contemplative qualities.