Hermann Hesse Audio & Video

Siddhartha is the story of a man from the Indian Subcontinent who sets out on a spiritual quest of discovery. Rejecting conventional spiritual practices and teachings, he attempts to find his own path to enlightenment.

Set in the 23rd century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish.

In many works by Herman Hesse, the German novelist and Nobel Prize winner, there is a theme depicting the duality of spirit and nature, body versus mind...

With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, Hesse's best-known and most autobiographical work--originally published in English in 1929--continues to remain a classic of modern literature.

Narcissus and Goldmund is the story of a passionate yet uneasy friendship between two men of opposite character.

Somewhat autobiographical, this "coming of age" novel unfolds an introspective boy's formative years in pre-World War 1 Germany, from grade school through college.

Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha, son of an Indian Brahman, leaves his family and begins a lifelong journey towards Enlightenment.

With parallels to the enlightenment of the Buddha, this story follows a young Brahmn on his quest for the ultimate reality.

Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read

This compelling spiritual quest by Hermann Hesse, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946...