Hilda Rosner

Siddhartha (first published in 1922) is a novel based on the early life of Buddha, inspired by the author's visit to India before the First World War.  The novel is about the young Brahmin Siddhartha's search for self-realisation.  Disturbed by the contradictions between his comfortable life and the harsh reality around, he takes to the life of a wanderer.  But an ascetic life, and shunning all temptations, does not give him a sense of ...