Set in ancient India during the time of Gautama Buddha, this classic novel follows a young Brahmin named Siddhartha on his lifelong spiritual quest for enlightenment. Discontented with traditional rituals and teachings, he abandons his comfortable home alongside his friend Govinda to live as a wandering ascetic, experience the pleasures and traps of materialistic worldliness, and ultimately find profound peace by listening to the secrets of a river alongside a wise ferryman.