Bibliograph

Demian,, the story of Emil Sinclair's youth., Introd. by Thomas Mann. Translated from the German by Michael Roloff and Michael Lebeck

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Demian,, the story of Emil Sinclair's youth., Introd. by Thomas Mann. Translated from the German by Michael Roloff and Michael Lebeck

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Demian,

Oclc number

274616

Responsibility statement

Introd. by Thomas Mann. Translated from the German by Michael Roloff and Michael Lebeck

Sub title

the story of Emil Sinclair's youth.

Summary

This first major novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse incorporates a theme he returned to again and again in most of his works: the fundamental duality of existence. The youthful protagonist, Emil Sinclair, however, his older friend, Max Demian, manages to both clarify and complicate Sinclair's confusion about life's conflicting values. Recounted in engaging prose, rich in sympathy and imagination, this brilliant exploration of the polarities of human nature has retained its remarkable power as a poignant statement of the terrors and torments of adolescence

Target audience

juvenile

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