Siddhartha: unabridged narration with soundtrack

Written by Hermann Hesse

Narrated by Sean Pratt and Susan Hanfield

unabridged narration with soundtrack consisting of ambient sounds and music

Hermann Hesse's great story brilliantly narrated by Sean Pratt and Susan Hanfield.

With an accompanying ambient soundtrack by Kate Hopkins and the Emmy, Golden Reel and BAFTA winning team at Wounded Buffalo, sound designers for the David Attenborough BBC series Planet Earth, Blue Planet and Dynasties; with music by Jane Harbour.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Quinn Blackwell Media Ltd.
• Release date: Mar 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781987126396

Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse was a highly acclaimed German author. He was known most famously for his novels Steppenwolfand Siddhartha and his novel The Glass Bead Game earned Hesse a Nobel prize in Literature in 1946. Many of his works explore topics pertaining to self-prescribed societal ostracization. Hesse was fascinated with ways in which one could break the molds of traditional society in an effort to dig deeper into the conventions of selfhood. His fascination with personal awareness earned himself something of a following in the later part of his career. Perceived thus as a sort of “cult-figure” for many young English readers, Hesse’s works were a gateway into their expanding understanding of eastern mysticism and spirituality. Despite Hesse’s personal fame, Siddhartha, was not an immediate success. It was only later that his works received noticeable recognition, largely with audiences internationally. The Glass Bead Game was Hermann Hesse’s final novel, though he continued to express his beliefs through varying forms of art including essays, poems, and even watercolor paintings.

Reviews for Siddhartha

[Adeviya Teke · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

To deep to put into words..Hesse is Siddarta..I am sure of that..

[Thomas Kenny · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Unexpectedly interesting...not entirely what I expected...glad I read this book