About the Book: Siddhartha
First published in 1922, 'Siddhartha is an allegorical novel by Hermann Hesse,
a German-Swiss novelist, poet, painter, and one of Germanys most influential
writers and thinkers, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946.
The central theme of his work is the individuals actions to break out of the
established modes of civilization so as to find an essential spirit and
identity. The book was written in German, in a simple, yet powerful and lyrical
style. The story deals with the spiritual journey of an Indian boy called
Siddhartha during the time of the Buddha. The word Siddhartha is made