Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth (Penguin Classics)
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‘Demian’, The masterpiece by Hermann Hesse
‘Such dispassionate lucidity of fearless honesty’ Dr.Timothy Leary
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‘Few writer’s have chronicled with such dispassionate lucidity and fearless honesty the progress of the soul through
Hermann Hess has become since his death in 1962 one of the most widely read European novelists of this century. His mystical vision has provide prophetic of the questing spirit of the psychedelic generation, to whom he has become a revered figure.
In Demian he chronicles with clear-sighted humanity the growth to maturity of Emil Sinclair, who falls under the influence of Max Demian, a strangely self-possessed figured. As Sinclair progresses through orthodox education and philosophical mysticism towards self-awareness, he always has the image of Demian before him – right up to the climactic moment of confrontation with destiny on a blood-drenched battlefield.
By the author of Steppenwolf and Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse. (1969) Demian. Herts, Granada Publishing Limited.
ISBN: 586 02776 9 2
