" This is one of my all time favorite novels. The major theme presented by Hesse is the duality of man and the constant struggle for self realization that man undergoes. The plot is engaging and moves swiftly through the lives of its two protagonists, the names of whom I am forgetting. An artist roaming wildly through the world, loves passionately, makes mistakes and abscond's only to find his faithful friends from youth, who had chosen a quiet cloister life which was not free from its own hazards. "
— Akash, 1/30/2014