An Indian novel (German: Siddhartha: Eine Indische Dichtung; German: [ziˈdaʁta] i) is a 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha. The book, Hesse's ninth novel, was written in German, in a simple, lyrical style.