The timeless questions that Hesse presents allow the reader to change thought patterns and encourage the reader to take control over one's own destiny. I appreciate the clarity in which he describes the struggle with inner demons and external influences.
/Gina, United States

I love it, I red it when I was at high school.
/Deborah, Argentina

Because it represents an epoc of life very special, like the adolescence, very mystical and symbolic.
/Juana, Spain

Because I grow reading this type of literature. It makes me more mature. It is wonderful.
/Micaela, Argentina

He is just a great writer. He makes you feel the book. Anyway I read it many times and every time the book becomes more beautiful.
/Lukas, Netherlands

The original style of Hesse. It's a very passionate story. Hesse is for me an authentic writer and one example of life.
/Alejandro Perez Lopez, Mexico

It is a beautiful story of friendship ... I have read it many times and it always makes me cry ... the main characters are representative of opposite character types ... the warm and worldly and the cool and cerebral ... and the lifelong bond between them is so tender ...
/Aurora, United States

Well, I already read dozens of books of Hesse, and I admit to be frustrating to comment just about one :) Narcissus and Goldmund is a book shocking, singular and consequently magnificent. The book bases on a true identity search. Each character just serves of support for Herman Hesse to transmit your true message: she cannot get anything without abdicating of that that is your opposite. Alive or dead, indigent or bourgeois, men or women: everything has your value and everything deserves to be longed for, but there is no space for remorse. (I lament for my terrible English)
/Nadja Sleiman Monteiro, Brazil

This book brought me to a new world, to discover different values, a new vision for life. With such simple words, how marvellous feelings and thoughts were expressed throughout these lines. It's not only a book about one single person or several characters, but a book about the authentic sense of Life and Fate in capitals. No doubt that this writer, and specially this book changed my mind at all. The most special, kind and unique book ever read for me.
/Juan Antonio Molina, Spain

'Siddhartha' unfolds the tribulations of an ascetic who tries to lead a puritan life, and very truly confesses that the Sansara equally and sometimes more viciously affects those who tread the path of salvation. A brilliant masterpiece by Hesse unfolds the deeper meanings of life with simplicity and honesty.
/Arvind, India

Profound simplicity and its ability to convey the meaning of life, infinite depth and richness in such a direct and effective manner. A very short masterpiece.
/Nikhil Gavankar, India

Simply written, thought provoking and makes a person adore fiction and leave everything else to read fiction.
/Erdem Tetik, United States

I have always loved stories from other cultures. I like the way he writes about Siddhartha and his life. I love oriental philosophy. Great writer!!!
/Sara Soria Estrugo, Bolivia

This simple yet powerful western interpretation of the oriental philosophy is about the very basic human confusion; that is the domain of perfection as an objective. This essential confusion creates a vacuum that enables each of us to resonate to every possible action.
/Trinath Kar, India

It's an amazing book dealing with religious conflict & struggles, I felt that after I read Siddhartha's journey I could relate to his struggle to find a way to 'feel something' in the religions out there. It gave me great inspiration and insight, throughout his struggles I gained an understanding of the nature of religion. It is so well written and is a must-read to anyone!
/Abbey, United States

This book is one that you can give to just about anyone. It's a timeless, universal tale written in an eloquence that contains many important truths about a religious historical figure: the Buddha. When I first read this book in high school - it was taught to me by an female African American teacher - I was put in a deep meditative trance about the morals in the book. Its humanistic point of view made me realize that Siddhartha lived in two worlds: the world of the spiritually disciplined Brahmin, and the material world of urban business. In between these two worlds is the river where he found the balance of the spiritual and the material and learned the importance of noble truths of suffering, charity, learning and teaching. He tried to teach this to his son but it can't be taught. One must learn for oneself this valuable wisdom that keeps humankind sensitive to human life. I suggest reading this book once and then years later after more life experience, because the simple wisdom of Hesse's tale keeps renewing itself in the reader's mind. Thank you for your patience and tolerence.
/Ruben Santos Claveria, United States

It is a beautiful commentary on the human mind and spirit and each of our quests for inner peace.
/Stephen Whitaker, United States

Changes the way you think.
/Jeff Irwin, United States

Because he said what I felt ... I carried it with me for over 2 years in my bag.
/Anja, Austria

Opened up my mind to many many things.
/Pedro, Brazil

The novel is a very intellectual manifestation of the tribulations of a man, an artist in the post-world war 1 which has an universal appeal in itself representing the social & psychological disintegration of the time.
/Sayam Banerjee, India