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Siddhartha de Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha

Autor Hermann Hesse
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en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 dec 2012

Cine a parcurs Siddhartha - Bilingual Edition, German & English va recunoaște aici aceeași căutare fundamentală a sensului existenței, însă această ediție din Shambhala Pocket Library propune o experiență de lectură mult mai intimă și contemplativă. Observăm cum traducerea semnată de Sherab Chodzin Kohn reușește să distileze nuanțele filosofice ale textului original într-un limbaj fluid, care pune accent pe dimensiunea meditativă a călătoriei. Găsim în acest volum nu doar povestea unui tânăr brahman care își părăsește căminul în căutarea iluminării, ci o explorare profundă a dualității dintre asceză și experiența senzorială. Spre deosebire de alte versiuni, volumul de față este îmbogățit de o introducere care ne permite să privim în spatele cortinei procesului creativ al lui Herman Hesse. Prin analiza jurnalelor și a corespondenței sale private, înțelegem că parcursul lui Siddhartha — de la întâlnirea cu Buddha până la viața simplă a unui luntraș — reflectă propriile conflicte interioare ale autorului. Ritmul narațiunii este așezat, invitând la o parcurgere lentă, în care natura și mintea umană se oglindesc reciproc. Această versiune portabilă păstrează forța alegorică a textului publicat inițial în 1922, oferind o perspectivă proaspătă asupra modului în care înțelepciunea orientală a fost reinterpretată de spiritul european, devenind un reper cultural global.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781612428239
ISBN-10: 1612428231
Pagini: 108
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Serenity Publishers, LLC

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Este o carte minunata de care am aflat dintr-o alta carte extraordinara (Tim Ferriss-Instrumentele titanilor). A fost recomandata de 4 titani din cartea lui Tim Ferriss si mi-am propus sa o citesc. Reprezinta drumul pe care il parcurge un om, Siddhartha, spre iluminare. Trece prin mai multe etape de evolutie in calea catre desavarsire: om sarac, om bogat, om sarac, iluminat. Este o carte care "sapa" adanc in constiinta noastra si ne da speranta tuturor, in sensul ca nu conteaza in ce faza de evolutie suntem. Toti putem sa avansam. Spor la citit!

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Recomandăm această ediție cititorilor care caută o conexiune profundă cu textul lui Herman Hesse într-un format ergonomic. Este o lectură esențială pentru cei interesați de intersecția dintre literatura clasică și spiritualitatea orientală, oferind o traducere care respectă tăcerile și momentele de introspecție ale personajului. Câștigați o perspectivă documentată asupra vieții autorului și o piesă de colecție cu o estetică deosebită.

Despre autor

Herman Hesse (1877–1962) a fost un scriitor german, laureat al Premiului Nobel pentru Literatură în 1946, a cărui operă explorează adesea dualitatea spiritului uman și căutarea autenticității. Profund influențat de filozofia indiană și de budism, Hesse a scris Siddhartha după o perioadă de criză personală și studiu intens al tradițiilor orientale. Co-autorul acestei ediții, Sherab Chodzin Kohn, este un traducător renumit de texte budiste, aducând o expertiză valoroasă în redarea conceptelor metafizice în limba engleză, păstrând în același timp lirismul specific lui Hesse.

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H is for Hesse. A young Brahmin named Siddhartha searches for ultimate reality after meeting with the Buddha. His quest takes him from a life of decadence to asceticism, from the illusory joys of sensual love with a beautiful courtesan, and of wealth and fame, to the painful struggles with his son and the ultimate wisdom of renunciation. Integrating Eastern and Western spiritual traditions with psychoanalysis and philosophy, written with a deep and moving empathy for humanity, Herman Hesse's strangely simple "Siddhartha "is perhaps the most important and compelling moral allegory the troubled twentieth century ever produced.

Notă biografică

In the 1960s, especially in the United States, the novels of Hermann Hesse were widely embraced by young readers who found in his protagonists a reflection of their own search for meaning in a troubled world. Hesse's rich allusions to world mythologies, especially those of Asia, and his persistent theme of the individual striving for integrity in opposition to received opinions and mass culture appealed to a generation in upheaval and in search of renewed values. Born in southern Germany in 1877, Hesse came from a family of missionaries, scholars, and writers with strong ties to India. This early exposure to the philosophies and religions of Asia--filtered and interpreted by thinkers thoroughly steeped in the intellectual traditions and currents of modern Europe--provided Hesse with some of the most pervasive elements in his short stories and novels, especially Siddhartha (1922) and Journey to the East (1932). Hesse concentrated on writing poetry as a young man, but his first successful book was a novel, Peter Camenzind (1904). The income it brought permitted him to settle with his wife in rural Switzerland and write full-time. By the start of World War I in 1914, Hesse had produced several more novels and had begun to write the considerable number of book reviews and articles that made him a strong influence on the literary culture of his time. During the war, Hesse was actively involved in relief efforts. Depression, criticism for his pacifist views, and a series of personal crises--combined with what he referred to as the "war psychosis" of his times--led Hesse to undergo psychoanalysis with J. B. Lang, a student of Carl Jung. Out of these years came Demian (1919), a novel whose main character is torn between the orderliness of bourgeois existence and the turbulent and enticing world of sensual experience. This dichotomy is prominent in Hesse's subsequent novels, including Siddhartha (1922), Steppenwolf (1927), and Narcissus and Goldmund (1930). Hesse worked on his magnum opus, The Glass Bead Game (1943), for twelve years. This novel was specifically cited when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. Hesse died at his home in Switzerland in 1962. Calling his life a series of "crises and new beginnings," Hesse clearly saw his writing as a direct reflection of his personal development and his protagonists as representing stages in his own evolution. In the 1950s, Hesse described the dominant theme of his work: "From Camenzind to Steppenwolf and Josef Knecht [protagonist of The Glass Bead Game], they can all be interpreted as a defense (sometimes also as an SOS) of the personality, of the individual self." Joachim Neugroschel (translator) has won three PEN translation awards and the French-American translation prize. He has also translated Thomas Mann's Death in Venice and Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs, both for Penguin Classics. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Ralph Freedman (introducer), Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Princeton University, is acclaimed for his biographies Hermann Hesse: Pilgrim of Crisis, and Life of a Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke.

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This classic of twentieth-century literature chronicles the spiritual evolution of a man living in India at the time of the Buddha—a tale that has inspired generations of readers. We are invited along on Siddhartha’s journey, experiencing his highs, lows, loves, and disappointments along with the beauty and intricacies of the mind, the natural world, and everything he encounters on the path to enlightenment. Sherab Chödzin Kohn’s flowing, poetic translation conveys the philosophical and spiritual nuances of Hesse’s text, paying special attention to the meditative experience. The introduction to this edition explores Hesse’s own spiritual journey as evidenced in his journals and personal letters and the wide-ranging impact Siddhartha has had, and continues to have, on American culture. This book is part of the Shambhala Pocket Library series.   The Shambhala Pocket Library is a collection of short, portable teachings from notable figures across religious traditions and classic texts. The covers in this series are rendered by Colorado artist Robert Spellman. The books in this collection distill the wisdom and heart of the work Shambhala Publications has published over 50 years into a compact format that is collectible, reader-friendly, and applicable to everyday life.

Cuprins

Introduction
1. The Brahmin's Son
2. With the Samanas
3. Gotama
4. Awakening
5. Kamala
6. Amongst the People
7. Samsara
8. By the River
9. The Ferryman
10. The Son
11. Om
12. Govinda




 

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"Filled with timeless truths and told so beautifully with images that burn deep into your being, Hesse's novel speaks powerfully to every generation of spiritual seekers. . . . A fresh translation of Siddhartha that offers greater authenticity than any other translation—while still preserving the unique beauty of the original prose."— Branches of Light