There are characters who have crossed the barrier of history and have become legends. One of them is the one we know by the name of Buddha. He has embodied some of the best that is hidden in the human heart, and that is why he has also fascinated many Westerners. This book tells in novel form the life of Prince Siddhartha, until he receives the Great Enlightenment and becomes the Buddha. The same "invincible attraction" that led Bertolucci to create the film Little Buddha, can occur within any reader of this wonderful story.