FIRST PART
To Romain Rolland, my dear friend
THE SON OF THE BRAHMAN
In the shade of the house, in the sunshine of the riverbank near the
boats, in the shade of the Sal-wood forest, in the shade of the fig
tree is where Siddhartha grew up, the handsome son of the Brahman, the
young falcon, together with his friend Govinda, son of a Brahman. The
sun tanned his light shoulders by the banks of the...