Saturday, September 13, 2008

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha is a fictitious novel portraying the journey of the life of the founder of Buddha. Laden with symbolism and descriptions, this puny just-over-one-hundred-page novel is like wading uphill through molasses in the dead of winter. I actually had to read it twice just to understand it, and regretted the second read-through. Unless you really enjoy this type of novel, I do not recommend it. On a nice night, I think I'm going to burn it.

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