"Dünyada müzik denen şeyi varlığı, zaman zaman melodilerin insanın ruhuna işleyip tüm benliğinin armonilerin seline kapılması, benim için hep derin bir avuntu kaynağı, yaşamamı bağışlatan bir neden oluşturdu. Müzik gibisi var mıdır! Durup dururken bir melodi gelir aklına, söylemeye başlarsın, sessiz, içinden yalnızca, varlığını melodiyle içirip doyurursun, melodi tüm güçlerine ve devinimlerine el koyar - ve sende yaşadığı süre içindeki tesadüfi, kötü, kaba, kasvetli ne varsa silip atar, dünyayı da alır kapsamına, zoru kolaylaştırır, donup kalmış nesneleri kanatlandırır."

Hermann Hesse'nin usta kaleminden bir müzisyenin portresinin çizildiği, Goethe'nin Genç Werther'in Acıları 'ndan yansımalar taşıyan, Doktor Faustus 'u yazarken Thomas Mann'a esin kaynağı olan bu kitapta, insana ve yaşama ilişkin pek çok unsurun içinde müzik başköşede. Okurken satırlardan tınılar yükseliyor, sayfalarda notalar uçuşuyor. Hesse bir roman yazmamış, bir ezgi bestelemiş adeta. Kulakların pasını silen eşsiz bir ezgi Gertrud .

Originally published in 1919 under the pseudonym of the narrator of the story, Herman Hesse's "Demian" is the coming of age story of its principal character "Emil Sinclair." The struggle of Emil is one of self-awareness. A principal theme that courses through the novel is that of the inherent duality of existence. In the case of Emil this duality presents itself in the form of the opposing demands of the external world and his one internal quest for spiritual fulfillment. Emil's quest to resolve this conflict forces him to seek out the guidance and validation from the elders of his world including his mother Eva, Pistorius, an organist at a local church, and ultimately Max Demian, a childhood friend who leads Emil to his eventual self-realization. Given its subject matter, "Demian" is a popular choice for young readers, one that explores the interesting psychological underpinnings of growing up.

Narcissus and Goldmund is the story of a passionate yet uneasy friendship between two men of opposite character. Narcissus, an ascetic instructor at a cloister school, has devoted himself solely to scholarly and spiritual pursuits. One of his students is the sensual, restless Goldmund, who is immediately drawn to his teacher's fierce intellect and sense of discipline. When Narcissus persuades the young student that he is not meant for a life of self-denial, Goldmund sets off in pursuit of aesthetic and physical pleasures, a path that leads him to a final, unexpected reunion with Narcissus.

“经典文库好译本，认准读客三个圈！” 1.在人类文学史上，《悉达多》以诗意的语言，对个人存在于世的意义进行透彻的探索，已成为追寻真理之人的代名词！

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1.读黑塞的书，就像是在暴风雨的深夜，感受灯塔的闪耀。——荣格（瑞士心理学家）

2.开始读黑塞的《悉达多》，这书了不得，给人一种焚香沐浴才能拜读的感觉。写的毕竟是关于人生悟道的事情，大有禅意。据说西方大学生全都人手一册的，到了这个程度，不读简直就是罪过了。——李银河（中国社会学家）

3.因为黑塞，我喜欢上了一种独白式的文体，像日记，像书信，也像孤独时自己与自己的对话。黑塞的作品可能影响了一代青年走向追寻自然、流浪、孤独、追寻自我的觉醒。——蒋勋（台湾作家）
赫尔曼•黑塞 Hermann Hesse（1828-1910）
德国作家、诗人、画家，被誉为“德国浪漫派骑士”。
1946年黑塞被授予诺贝尔文学奖，同年又荣获歌德奖。 凭借《德米安》《悉达多》《玻璃球游戏》等作品享誉世界文坛。
20世纪60年代起，美国掀起了阅读黑塞的热潮，黑塞取代海明威成为美国大众崇拜的文学偶像。近百年来，他的作品影响一代又一代青年的精神成长，形成了世界范围内的“黑塞热”。

译者简介：
巴蜀译翁，本名杨武能，1938年生于重庆，国家社科基金重大研究项目“歌德及其汉译研究”首席专家。先后荣获联邦德国总统颁授的德国“国家功勋奖章”、联邦德国终身成就奖性质的洪堡学术奖金，以及国际歌德研究领域的歌德金质奖章。代表译作有《少年维特的烦恼》《悉达多》《浮士德》等。
古印度青年悉达多拥有一切，但安逸的生活并没有使他感到快乐。 为了寻求自我存在的意义，他独自踏上修行之路。途中，他历经情欲的诱惑、名利的困扰而不得解脱。绝望之际，他来到河边打算结束自己的生命，这时却听到了来自内心的声音……

Rosshalde is the classic story of a man torn between obligations to his family and his longing for a spiritual fulfillment that can only be found outside the confines of conventional society.

Johann Veraguth, a wealthy, successful artist, is estranged from his wife and stifled by the unhappy union. Veraguth's love for his young son and his fear of drifting rootlessly keep him bound within the walls of his opulent estate, Rosshalde, while a friend tries to persuade him to seek fulfillment in the East.

Herman Hesse's classic novel has delighted, inspired, and influenced generations of readers, writers, and thinkers. In this story of a wealthy Indian Brahmin who casts off a life of privilege to seek spiritual fulfillment. Hesse synthesizes disparate philosophies--Eastern religions, Jungian archetypes, Western individualism--into a unique vision of life as expressed through one man's search for true meaning.

古代印度貴族青年悉達多，英俊聰慧而好學，所有的人都愛他。但悉達多自己並不快樂，因為他有一個不安的靈魂。為了追尋自我，悉達多離開他所擁有的世俗的一切。他決意去流浪，和好友喬文達一起向沙門學習。

途中，悉達多向得道的世尊佛陀學習真理，短暫的論道之後，他離開好友喬文達，繼續踏上求道的孤獨流浪之路。因為他明白，知識與真理不在佛陀宣示的話語之中，他必須親自體驗。他不再逃避自我，踏上了自己的路。

一天，悉達多決定向美麗的名妓學習感官之愛，面對人性中最深沉的召喚。聰慧的悉達多從此遊戲人間，漸漸沉淪於商場、金錢和魚水之歡當中，徹底成為一個世俗的欲望者。直到某日，悉達多為這一切感到厭煩、作嘔，決心離開，向擺渡的船夫與河流學習。擺渡中，他明白了河流的意義。

經過幾乎一生的追求，悉達多終於體驗到萬事萬物的圓融統一、所有生命的不可摧毀的本性，最終將自我融入了瞬間的永恆之中。悉達多永遠在時間中變化著，他沒有固定的形體與面貌，他是一個真正的流浪者。

「她愛的不只是我的音樂，也愛我個人，但是卻沒有熱情。我懷疑她對我展現的溫柔與善意歸因為不堪的同情心。假設有另一個健全、外表英挺的男子，而她像喜歡我一樣喜歡他，她可能就無法維持這麼久單純的友誼關係，這樣的想法揮之不去。因此我便常常反覆想著，我願意用我的音樂，以及所有我身上的一切，來交換一條健康的腿與快活的性格……」

庫恩是位有志於作曲的年輕音樂家，少時一場意外讓他變得自卑抑鬱，求學過程的不順遂差點讓他放棄音樂，在海因利希的鼓勵下，他第一次在公開場合演奏自己創作的曲子，受到相當的好評。海因利希‧莫德是位挺拔俊雅，陰晴不定，有自我毀滅傾向的歌劇演唱家，他第一眼看到庫恩寫的曲子時，就被其中深藏的痛苦所感動。溫柔自信的歌特蘿德有一副清麗的好歌喉，庫恩深深為她著迷，並以她的聲音寫出了自己的第一部歌劇。這三位個性迥異的藝術家因為對音樂的熱愛而相識，互相吸引，並讓彼此推向成就的高峰，卻也帶來一場莫大的悲劇……

Here the spirituality of the East and the West have met in a novel that enfigures deep human wisdom with a rich and colorful imagination.
Written 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.
The 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.

Zu den wichtigsten Frühwerken Hermann Hesses gehört sein Schulroman Unterm Rad über das Schicksal eines begabten Kindes, das am Erwartungsdruck seines Vaters und der Umwelt zerbricht. Hesse hat darin viel von dem verarbeitet, was er selbst erleben mußte. So glaubten seine Erzieher, den 14jährigen in einer Heilanstalt für Schwachsinnige und Epileptische unterbringen zu müssen. Es war der Leidensdruck dieser frühen Erfahrungen, der ihn zum Schriftsteller gemacht hat und dem auch seine späteren Werke ihre Brisanz und zeitlose Aktualität verdanken. Wie kein anderes Werk des Dichters hat dieses Buch eine genau dokumentierbare Vorgeschichte, die hier erstmals in allen überlieferten Lebenszeugnissen vorgestellt wird und ein authentisches Bild der Pädagogik vom Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts entwirft.