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- A feed, not a wall of text. 11 characters, 8 places, 4 objects and 9 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 30 passages of Siddhartha sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as Hermann Hesse wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on Hermann Hesse instead.
The Siddhartha feed, as it appears in your mobile
The plot of Siddhartha
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- Siddhartha leaves his father's house
- Three years with the Samanas, then Gotama
- Siddhartha admires Gotama - and refuses his teaching
- Kamala and Kamaswami teach Siddhartha the world's pleasures
- Siddhartha wakes over the river and abandons the city life
- Siddhartha becomes a ferryman and learns from the river
- Siddhartha's son flees back to the city
- Vasudeva completes his learning and walks into the forest
- Govinda kisses Siddhartha's forehead and sees everything
The author's pen in Siddhartha
The passages themselves, Hermann Hesse's own words, as Literah maps it.
- Loved by All, Joyless Withinch. 1
- The Pristine Source Withinch. 1
- Standing And Waitingch. 1
- Govinda Joins Siddharthach. 1
- Emptying the Selfch. 2
- Escape From the Selfch. 2
- The Rumour of Buddhach. 2
- The Buddha's Peacech. 3
- The Path From Sufferingch. 3
- Departing From All Teachingsch. 3
- Be My Own Studentch. 4
- Seeing the World Anewch. 4
- The Lady in the Sedan Chairch. 5
- The Price of Kamalach. 5
- What Might You Doch. 5
- Kamaswami Takes Him Inch. 6
- The Merchant's Gamech. 6
- Learning From Kamalach. 6
- The Disease of Rich Peoplech. 7
- The Dead Birdch. 7
The characters of Siddhartha
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Siddharthamajor
- Govindamajor
- Gotamamajor
- Kamalamajor
- Vasudevamajor
- Siddhartha's sonmajor
- Kamaswamisupporting
- Siddhartha's fathersupporting
- The elder Samanasupporting
- Siddhartha's motherminor
- Anathapindikamentioned
The locations in Siddhartha
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Brahman home and towntown
- Forest of the Samanasforest
- Savathitown
- Jetavana grovegrove
- The citycity
- Kamala’s gardengarden
- The river and ferryriver
- Vasudeva’s huthut
The core concepts in Siddhartha
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Wisdom must be lived, not taught
- Every path teaches and fails
- Reverence can require refusal
- Worldliness is not the opposite of awakening
- Fathers and sons repeat the wound of departure
- Om gathers opposites into oneness
The objects of note in Siddhartha
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Songbird in the golden cage
- Ferryboat
- Gotama’s yellow robe and alms bowl
- Siddhartha’s rich garments and shoes
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