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Siddhartha - An Indian Tale - cover

Siddhartha - An Indian Tale

Hermann Hesse

Traduttore Anke Dreher Gunther Olesch

Casa editrice: Glomarble

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Siddhartha is a religious novel published in 1922 by Herman Hesse, who was deeply interested in Eastern thought.
Disponibile da: 18/10/2022.
Lunghezza di stampa: 190 pagine.

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