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Siddhartha (Penguin Drop Caps)

内容简介

FromAtoZ,thePenguinDropCapsseriescollects26uniquehardcovers—featuringcoverartbyJessicaHischeItallbeginswithaletter.FallinlovewithPenguinDropCaps,anewseriesoftwenty-sixcollectibleandhardcovereditions,eachwithatypecovershowcasingagorgeouslyillustratedletterofthealphabet.InadesigncollaborationbetweenJessicaHischeandPenguinArtDirectorPaulBuckley,theseriesfeaturesuniquecoverartbyHische,asuperstarintheworldoftypedesignandillustration,whoseworkhasappearedeverywherefromTiffany&Co.toWesAnderson'srecentfilmMoonriseKingdomtoPenguin'sownbestsellersCommittedandRulesofCivility.WithexclusivedesignsthathaveneverbeforeappearedonHische'shugelypopularDailyDropCapblog,thePenguinDropCapsserieslauncheswithsixperennialfavoritestogiveaselegantgifts,ortoshowcaseonyourownshelves.HisforHesse.AyoungBrahminnamedSiddharthasearchesforultimaterealityaftermeetingwiththeBuddha.Hisquesttakeshimfromalifeofdecadencetoasceticism,fromtheillusoryjoysofsensuallovewithabeautifulcourtesan,andofwealthandfame,tothepainfulstruggleswithhissonandtheultimatewisdomofrenunciation.IntegratingEasternandWesternspiritualtraditionswithpsychoanalysisandphilosophy,writtenwithadeepandmovingempathyforhumanity,HermanHesse’sstrangelysimpleSiddharthaisperhapsthemostimportantandcompellingmoralallegorythetroubledtwentiethcenturyeverproduced.

作者简介

HermannHesse(1877-1962)spentWorldWarIinSwitzerland.Afterthewarandapsychologicalcrisis,heremovedhimselftothesmalltownofMontagnola,wherehecreatedhisbest-knownworks.Hereceivedmanyimportanthonors,includingtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1946.JoachimNeugroschel(1938–2011)translatednumerousbooksfromFrench,German,Italian,Russian,andYiddish.ThewinnerofthreePENtranslationawardsandtheFrench-AmericanFoundationtranslationprize,hetranslatedThomasMann’sDeathinVenice,E.T.A.HoffmanandAlexadreDumas’sNutcrackerandMouseKing,andLeopoldvonSacher-Masoch’sVenusinFursforPenguinClassics.HealsocompiledseveralanthologiesincludingGreatTalesofJewishFantasyandtheOccult,ADybbukandOtherTalesoftheSupernatural,andTheGolem:ANewTranslationoftheClassicPlayandSelectedShortStories.JessicaHischeisaletterer,illustrator,typographer,andwebdesigner.ShecurrentlyservesontheTypeDirectorsClubboardofdirectors,hasbeennamedaForbesMagazine"30under30"inartanddesignaswellasanADCYoungGunandoneofPrintMagazine’s"NewVisualArtists".ShehasdesignedforWesAnderson,McSweeney's,Tiffany&Co,PenguinBooksandmanyothers.SheresidesprimarilyinSanFrancisco,occasionallyinBrooklyn.

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