Siddhartha

Outstanding audiobook (author+narrator)

Story's reviews are available in many resources, so I'll focus on the narrator. He has a really soothing voice and an excellent command of it. The toning, emphasizing and volume changes per context were all in place and outstanding. I hope I can get more books he has read.

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Not THAT David Cross

Not read by the comedian, David Cross, if you're hesitating to buy based on that.

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great book

words are simply cheap

the ideas are pretty simple, and most important.

wish people in key positions have read it.

Siddhartha and Hesse live on

I first read Siddhartha and other Hesse books in my early 20's during the early 70's while a student at the University of Iowa as well as during a tour with the US Army. For many, back then, Hesse seemed to strike a cord for helping you make sense of life and where your own life was headed. Over the years thoughts of these Hesse books would come back to me remembering perceived pearls of wisdom.

So now these forty years later I decided to give Hesse's books another go. Now in my 60's and retired, Siddhartha still gives out a perspective on life. There is still life to be lived in the golden years. Reinforcing the thought that life is for the living, Siddhartha discusses that one shouldn't get too serious about the meaning of life, the challenge is to accept life as it is, with both the good and the bad, in the end it's all the same thing, a life.

One interesting aspect listening to this now is that when I first read the book back in the day I was reading it from the perspective that I was a son and what impact did my own father have on the direction of my life. Considerable I suppose. But now I look at it from the perspective of the father, having a son of my own in his 20's. Accepting and letting him lead his own life isn't always easy but realizing that he will lead his own life is the challenge. Once you accept that, it gets a lot easier.

It is amazing that almost 100 years after being written this book still has meaning, maybe now a maturity.

A must listen

Awareness speaking simple and highly conciousness, a must listen, great experience listening provides clarity and inside out

Great unexpected book!

This was a joyful experience. The narrator is excellent, the story is very good, very unexpected.

I was very touched by parts two and three. The detail that Herman Hesse delivers are astonishing.

I thought that the story was about the Buddha... Oh... Wrong! The Buddha is a small participant... It's about another Siddhartha, one that finds and loses enlightenment. One that experiences the world, the samsara, one that learns, that make mistakes and...

I wish you have a wonderful experience listening to this book.

Inspiring book

With every single word having much meaning, this little book is some of the most inspiring I read.

And it's not (directly) about the Buddha ;)

Enjoy!

Everyone's story

The story which in a way narrates the deepest inner and the outer journey of every human being...

classic!

I'm glad that I've finally read Siddhartha!

Usually, I only read (listen to) stories once, but this is one that I'll buy, maybe even hardback, and come back to again!

Epic read for a spiritual path

Highly recommended for anyone, but especially for those seeking meaning and reflection on a spiritual path. The reader did well to bring it to life.