Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend by Hermann Hesse
"Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend" by Hermann Hesse is a bildungsroman first published in 1919. Young Emil Sinclair lives trapped between two worlds: a sheltered middle-class illusion and a darker spiritual truth. When he meets the enigmatic Demian, everything changes. Demian reinterprets biblical stories and challenges conventional morality, shaking Sinclair's understanding of good and evil. Through encounters with mysterious mentors and symbols like the Gnostic god Abraxas, Sinclair embarks on
a psychological journey toward self-discovery, ultimately learning he must abandon all guides to find his own path. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962 |
|---|---|
| Title | Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demian |
| Credits | Produced by Jens Sadowski |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Bildungsromans |
| Subject | Young men -- Germany -- Fiction |
| Subject | Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 41907 |
| Release Date | Jan 24, 2013 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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