Once the preferred marching song of '60s hippies, Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha has returned to its rightful high niche in world literature. This translation by Susan Bernofsky highlights the unblemished clarity of Hesse's tale of spiritual sacrifice and awakening.

"The cool and strangely simple story makes a beautiful little book, classic in proportion and style; it should be read slowly and with savor, preferably during the lonely hours of the night."— The Nation

"In Siddhartha the setting is Indian and we encounter the Buddha, but the author’s ethos is still closer to Goethe."— Washington Post Book World

"One could even hope that Hesse’s readers are hungrily imbibing Siddhartha, and that they will be so wisely foolish as to live by it."— Chicago Tribune

"Hermann Hesse is the greatest writer of the century."— San Francisco Chronicle