Anyone read Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

I recently got a copy of a new translation from 2007 with introduction and very interesting notes by Dr. Robert Thurman.

Siddhartha is supposed to be like Buddha, as I get out of it, but does not follow Buddha as he wants to find his own path to enlightenment.

[silverweb]

1. Yes.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I've read it a couple of times, though not recently. Loved it, need to read it again soon.

Enjoy, and take from it what makes sense to you.

[dhill926]

2. Oh hell yes...

Meant a lot to me as a young man...and probably warrants a re-reading.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

5. I like that - "hell yes"

I went on to read most of Hesse's other works.

[barbtries]

3. years ago.

many years ago.

[scarletwoman]

4. Probably close to 50 years ago, so I can't say that I remember much about it,

other than remembering that I found it moving at the time.

A re-read might be interesting...

[vlyons]

6. yes read it long ago in the 60s

when I was in college.

[MasonDreams]

7. Hesse has one of those Poetic Licenses.

I will boldly recommend Magister Ludi, [The Glass Bead Game]
Won the Nobel Prize for lit. 1946 I think.