"Hesse is a writer whose peculiar vision is worth inspecting. His world is shadowy and close to areas of the heart that will probably never see light. But his vision is a rare one, as commendable for its humane solicitude as for its strangeness and unearthly color." -- National Review
An acclaimed, influential, and visionary novel from Hermann Hesse, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Demian tells the dramatic story of Emil Sinclair. Docile and unquestioning, Emil follows a precious schoolmate--the charismatic Max Demian--on a shocking decent into a secret and dangerous world of petty crime and revolt against convention. And it is there in the shadows that a formerly complacent and uncomplicated young man achieves a miraculous awakening to adulthood.
The novel includes an introduction by Thomas Mann.
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some of these sources i could never bring myself to read (demian) (i cannot read demian) (i can’t make myself read another hermann hesse book
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My translator friend Damion Searls tells me that thanks to #BTSARMY, he is seeing actual royalties from his translation of DEMIAN by Hermann Hesse ☺️ @PenguinClassics Concepts and motifs from DEMIAN was used in BTS’s iconography during their WINGS era. https://t.co/zIHJJD0RGK https://t.co/g4n0LSXuQi
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I keep seeing signs everywhere for me to re-read Hermann Hesse's "Demian." plus given the book's themes, it really does feel appropriate for Saturn in tropical Pisces / sidereal Aquarius. the beginning of Cancer season and the summer solstice, too.
"Hesse is a writer whose peculiar vision is worth inspecting. His world is shadowy and close to areas of the heart that will probably never see light. But his vision is a rare one, as commendable for its humane solicitude as for its strangeness and unearthly color." -- National Review
"What Catcher in the Rye has come to mean for America's younger generation, Demian proved to be for Germany's early post-WWI youth. . . . A quite believable, fascinating, moving portrait of youth." -- Kirkus Reviews