Hermann Hesse 
Siddhartha 

This book has covered three famous medium-length novel written by Hesse, namely Siddhartha, Gerfrud and Knulp. Gerfrud tells the triangle love story between two very talented musicians and a young beautiful woman to suggest the theme of the novel: the failure of the hero in love promoted his creation in art. Knulp was called "my favorite novel" by Hesse, which shows the customs picture of a small town in Germany in the last century, Steven Zweig has ever praised this works which has been full of sad feelings and said: "The book has a German country that has never been known even by ourselves." The main novel Siddhartha describes the life of a brahman aristocratic youth who seeking the true meaning of life. He has transferred from living an extravagant life to touring as the monks, from being the luxurious and dissipated life to practice charity and realized the truth of everything to be the Buddha ultimately. The novel is known as the essence of Hesse »s thought and his literary works, and is a successful work with worldwide influence.