by Hermann Hesse

A few weeks ago my good friend recommended this book to me - so I've read it.
As I've seen all the good reviews of it I was looking forward to read it.
Unfortunately novel did not fulfill all of my expectations. But it still is worth reading and I will read it again and maybe find new meaning in it.

Siddhartha's life takes him on a journey toward enlightenment. Afire with youthful idealism, the Brahmin joins a group of ascetics, fasting and living without possessions. Meeting Gotama the Buddha, he comes to feel this is not the right path, though he also declines joining the Buddha's followers. He reenters the world, hoping to learn of his own nature, but instead slips gradually into hedonism and materialism. Surfeited and disgusted, he flees from his possessions to become a ferryman's apprentice, learning what lessons he can from the river itself.