Siddhartha has always been the quintessential coming-of-age story for me, especially since I was a teenager the first time I read it. Having to re-design a book cover for it at the age of 40 was an incredible experience.
There was so much detail packed into every page, so much we all learn as we go about about living life, that as I re-read it, I kept nodding my head "yes" in agreement to almost every paragraph. It was richer to me than before, almost beyond belief.
How similar and timeless the human struggle for life and the pursuit of happiness is; something we as a species all share. It deserves to be the well-read classic it has become. Endurable. And such a slim volume, really, but that's all it has to be. It is a lot like life; short and sweet, with all its' highs and lows, it's all of it, and for that, it is perfect.
