Demian
By Hermann Hesse
(Harper Perennial Modern Classics, Paperback, 9780060931919, 176pp.)
Publication Date: May 15, 1999
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback (October 2008), Compact Disc (August 2008), Paperback (September 2003), Paperback (December 2000), Hardcover (December 1997), Paperback (October 1997), Paperback (February 1993), Hardcover (December 1990)
Categories: Classics
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In Demian, one of the great writers of the twentieth century tells the dramatic story of young, docile Emil Sinclair's descent--led by precocious shoolmate Max Demian--into a secret and dangerous world of petty crime and revolt against convention and eventual awakening to selfhood.
"The electrifying influence exercised on a whole generation just after the First World War by Demian...is unforgettable. With uncanny accuracy this poetic work struck the nerve of the times and called forth grateful rapture from a whole youthful generation who believed that an interpreter of their innermost life had risen from their own midst."
-- From the Introduction by Thomas Mann
Hermann Hesse was born in 1877. His books include Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, Narcissus and Goldmund, and Magister Ludi. He died in 1962.
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