{"product_id":"mcl-siddhartha","title":"Siddhartha (Macmillan Collector's Library)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA book―rare in our arid age―that takes root in the heart and grows there for a lifetime. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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":"Macmillan Collector's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46622275895453,"sku":"9781529024043","price":69.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/9781529024043_MPH.jpg?v=1747270187","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/mcl-siddhartha","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}