{"product_id":"siddhartha-9780811200684-new","title":"Siddhartha","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere the spirituality of the East and the West have met in a novel that enfigures deep human wisdom with a rich and colorful imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a prose of almost biblical simplicity and beauty, it is the story of a soul's long quest in search of he ultimate answer to the enigma of man's role on this earth. As a youth, the young Indian Siddhartha meets the Buddha but cannot be content with a disciple's role: he must work out his own destiny and solve his own doubt--a tortuous road that carries him through the sensuality of a love affair with the beautiful courtesan Kamala, the temptation of success and riches, the heartache of struggle with his own son, to final renunciation and self-knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The name \"Siddhartha\" is one often given to the Buddha himself--perhaps a clue to Hesse's aims in contrasting the traditional legendary figure with his own conception, as a European (Hesse was Swiss), of a spiritual explorer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NEW DIRECTIONS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":67619786162466,"sku":"9780811200684-new","price":14.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780811200684.jpg?v=1793166962","url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/products\/siddhartha-9780811200684-new","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}