The life of every person is a journey to themselves, a blueprint of a road, the draft of a pathway. No one has fully become themselves; however, everyone aspires to achieve it, some blindly, others with more light, each in their own way.

A mystic author and an inadvertent guru to millions, Hermann Hesse offers visions and advice of tremendous value for a life that is simple, wise, and meaningful in both his fictional and essayistic and poetic works.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]