Demian (Perennial Classics) - Softcover

Hesse, Hermann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060931914 ISBN 13: 9780060931919

Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2009

Synopsis

In Demian, Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse, author of Steppenwolf and Siddhartha, tells the dramatic story of young, docile Emil Sinclair’s descent—led by precocious schoolmate Max Demian—into a secret and dangerous world of petty crime and revolt against convention and eventual awakening to selfhood.

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From the Back Cover:

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

About the Author:

Hermann Hesse was born in 1877. His books include Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, Narcissus and Goldmund, and Magister Ludi. He died in 1962.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0060931914
• ISBN 13: 9780060931919
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176