'Siddhartha' is a gem of Hermann Hesse's prose, reflecting the writer's travels through India and his interest in Eastern religions.
The action takes place in India during the time of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of one of the most profound and wise religions of humanity—Buddhism. In this short book, Hesse managed to explain its essence to Europeans, creating an ideal system—a set of interconnected rules—on how to live, how to correct one's mistakes, and how to find one's true self.
This parable is worth reading and rereading not for its plot or in search of new knowledge, but for the profound understanding of the world and the sense of unity with others that it provides.
The edition also includes the allegorical story 'Journey to the Land of the East.'