Following a young man's desperate search for meaning in his life, Siddhartha is a study in growing up. The hero first of all leaves his family to live a quiet life where he can reflect on the world around him. Quickly bored, he abandons his ideal and lives life as if he were dominated only by his rawest emotions. When he fathers a son he moves on again, in search of greater pleasures to satisfy his appetite. It's only when Hermann Hesse's character finds the source of life in a riverbed that he begins to heal and understand his quest for truth. | Siddhartha by HERMANN HESSE, Mass Market Paperback | Indigo Chapters