Siddhartha

, #32

Paperback, 198 pages

Italian language

Published Oct. 3, 1998 by Adelphi Edizioni.

ISBN:
978-88-459-0184-3
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Siddharta è un romanzo dello scrittore tedesco Hermann Hesse edito nel 1922. Considerato dallo stesso Hesse come un "poema indiano", il romanzo presenta un registro molto originale che unisce lirica ed epica, ma anche narrazione e meditazione, elevazione e sensualità.

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reviewed Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

How should I live my life anyway?

Warning: These are my unfiltered, unedited thoughts on the book as I set a 5 minute timer and wrote without stopping.

At a core, what I take from Siddharta is that everything is transitory. While something Hesse brings up in the book is the idea that there is no such thing as good and evil, no such thing as time, I also take the idea that you have to live hell before you can truly appreciate what you have. You have to learn to live with both the things that you might consider bad and the things you consider good and see them as one and the same. Destruction leading to construction. Basically, you only truly learn to live once you've had these "worldly" things. If you grew up following some sort of doctrine that claimed there's a right or wrong way to go about life, and you followed it …

reviewed Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

I wished I enjoyed reading it but it was quite disturbing

Kind of fine, and of course a classic in its genre.

But I definitely didn't enjoy the reading with a very slow, nonchalant style, that I recognize in literature following spiritual mentors in their different endeavors.

What was definitely off for me was being plunged into this close world of wise men, whose majority of interactions and evocation of women are systematically related to their beauty (or a wisdom related to beauty), attractive physical appearance, wish for kisses and astonishment at their nice breasts/symbols of fertility or femininity. Nothing wrong with appreciating this in people but come on...

Life is short and there are definitely other books I want to get inspired by in 2024.

I can see many people enjoyed the book, and that is good for them. But if you can expect to be bothered by the same things as me, and you haven't started the book yet, …

Definitely one I'll give another shot.

I liked that the flow and footnotes were enough that you could get the story without having to have a major foundation in Hinduism or Buddhism. I appreciated that and could just get the story with a minimum of page-flipping. I didn't get Siddhartha (the character) at first, and then when he became tested I got to know him far better and got more invested. He just seemed too perfect at first, too good to be true. Nice to know there were some obstacles we could cheer him through.

Beautiful Dreamer

As part of my "classic a month" reading goal, I picked something a little shorter than the tomes I tackled in the first quarter. Now I wish this book were a bit longer. I can't imagine what this must read like in the original German but the English translation sings.

In a nutshell, Siddhartha - son of a Brahman, raised on spiritualism - leaves home on the journey of his lifetime. The language feels like a Buddhist sutta - spun out with evocative language, overflowing with symbolism, and carrying lessons for the ages. In this case, all of Siddhartha's ages from callow youth to old man. At every turn he thinks, "At last, this is enlightenment." At each turning, he discovers that one thing still eludes him.

The story swept me along, recognizing myself in so many of his mis-steps and mis-conceptions. I'll be thinking about this book for a …

Siddhartha

L'intrigue de Siddharta est volontairement assez évasive sur l'époque, mais se déroule en Inde où l'on suit le parcours initiatique du personnage éponyme, un fils de brahmane, soit un membre de la caste des religieux et/ou érudits. En quête de sagesse, Siddharta s'oppose à son père et se met à voyager pour atteindre son but. S'ensuivront plusieurs époques, pendant lesquelles il sera tour à tour mendiant, commerçant, passeur, avant que ses expériences anciennes le rattrapent.

Tout l'intérêt de suivre la route de Siddharta n'est pas dans l'histoire qu'il raconte mais dans le but qu'il cherche à atteindre. Très tôt dans le roman, il s'oppose à son meilleur ami qui lui, a décidé d'accéder à la sagesse en suivant les préceptes d'un autre. Siddharta, au contraire, pense que la sagesse ne peut s'acquérir qu'en suivant sa propre voie. Chemin faisant, ce sont mes propres buts qui m'ont sauté aux yeux puisque …

Review of 'Siddhartha' on 'Goodreads'

First of all this review is going to start in perhaps in an unusual and unexpected place; a good portion of the pleasure I derived from reading this book was due to the physical attributes of the book itself because this edition, from Shambhala, had a pleasing size and shape, and the quality of the (recycled) paper and print made the physical object of the book a very tactile and pleasing thing to hold in one's hands.

If you're still reading this review, I'm glad that you haven't written me off as some sensory obsessed lunatic, and I'm glad you're still with me. Now, to the book's content. This is the first Hesse novel I've read, and I have obviously read it in translation. I found the book an engaging enough read, and I felt reading the preface from the translator, Sherab Chodzin Kohn, and the Introduction from Paul W. …

Review of 'Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse' on 'Goodreads'

نسخه‌ای که بنده مطالعه کردم، از انتشارات اساطیر و ترجمه آقای پرویز داریوش بود.
ترجمه کمی سنگین بود، پر از لغات و عبارات ناآشنا که البته باعث شد که کمی جو رازآلود بیشتری پیدا کنه کتاب.
این اولین اثری از هرمان هسه و ادبیات آلمان هستش که کامل مطالعه میکنم، لذت بردم و قطعا پیگیر باقی کتاب‌های هرمان هسه میشم.
برداشت شخصی من از کتاب اینه که، توی بیرونی‌ترین سطح معنایی، کتاب ماجراجویی و زندگی فردی است به نام سیذارتاست که به دنبال حقیقت و رهایی از خویشتن خویش هستش و طی این ماجراجویی مفاهیم جالبی رو نویسنده به طور خیلی واضح مطرح میکنه.
اما گذشته از سطح معنایی اولیه، با اینکه کامل موفق به درکش نشدم اما به نظرم یک سطح عمیق‌تر هم داره این داستان برمبنای نماد‌های مختلفی که داخل داستان بود.
پدر سیذارتا، دوست سیذارتا، بودا، زن روسپی، تاجر، قایق‌ران و ... به نظرم هر کدام بیشتر …

reviewed Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (Piccola Biblioteca, #32)

Review of 'Siddhartha' on 'Goodreads'

For me it was an astounishing book. The reader follows Siddharta through the different stages of his life. The recurring theme is the importance of making your own experiences and mistakes in life because only then you are able to grow. For me the book is like an indian fairytail about Buddhas life. Hesses style is really unique and without knowing it, I never had guessed that it is from an european author. In a way this book teaches a lesson in life. The necessity to leave your comfort-zone as a young person and let go your ancestors when you're an old one. A book that I will keep in my heart.

Review of 'Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse' on 'Goodreads'

It's Buddhist fan fiction and like all the best fan fiction it updates, reorientates, and makes the story feel new.

For me the highlight was reading this while watching The Bear and seeing the book get a mention, what are the odds?

Enjoyed it enough to read some more about this buddhism thing, turns out buddhism is pretty good.

technically the odds are pretty high since I'm always reading something so at some point whatever book I was currently reading would be mentioned by whatever I happened to be watching, but also, maybe karma?

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