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Demian

by Hermann Hesse

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A new way of thinking of the Cain & Abel story; an evil guy with an extraordinary power of making everything sound real...
Nowadays, he'd probably be a SALES person.

One of my favorite Hesse's tales. ( )
Myhi | Jul 2, 2009 |  
1173. Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth, by Herman Hesse (read 26 Jul 1972) This is the first book of Hesse's I read and I was much moved, being reminded of Kafka and The Wanderer by Alain Fournier, I having read The Wanderer in June of 1961, but felt Demian was much more connected and less obviously dreamlike. I was carried away by the word painting of mood: "But I felt dispirited, and when I took my leave and walked alone thru the hallway, the stale scent of the hyacinth seemed cadaverous. A shadow had fallen over us." I went on to read seven other Hesse books, with appreciation of nearly all of them. ( )
Schmerguls | Apr 18, 2009 |  
wonderfull book, reminded me of some of my own feelings when growing up. ( )
koukopoulos | Mar 12, 2009 |  
a darker yet more approachable child shouting out to the education system, being too smart for his own good, growing up, and dying. hesse at his in-between. ( )
TakeItOrLeaveIt | Feb 20, 2009 |  
a favourite and classic book! ( )
Elbereth82 | Jan 29, 2009 |  
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Epigraph
I wanted only to try to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?
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I cannot tell my story without reaching a long way back. If it were possible I would reach back farther still - into the very first years of my childhood, and beyond them into distant ancestral past.
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deep curiosity about the miraculous - Buxtehude - passacaglia
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
Love must not entreat...or demand. Love must have the strength to become certain within itself.
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
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Onvergetelijk is de elektriserende schok die 'Demian' na de Eerste Wereldoorlog teweegbracht. Het is een verhaal dat met griezelige nauwkeurigheid de zenuw van die tijd trof en de gehele jeugd in dankbare verrukking meesleepte. - Thomas Mann Nog steeds schijnt deze analyse van de puberteit betrouwbaar. Het gebruik van mystieke tekens en symbolen blijkt bij Hermann Hesse meer dan alleen maar een literair spelletje. 'Demian' is nog altijd een ontwikkelingsroman van de beste soort. De psychische crisisverschijnselen, de overgang van de ene bewustzijnstoestand naar de andere, het is alles uitstekend aangevoeld en verwerkt. 'Demian' is ook bepaald meer dan het verhaal van de jonge Emil Sinclair. Het is hét verhaal van een jeugd gebleven, ook nu nog, na meer dan vijftig jaar. - Martin Mooij in Het Parool In al zijn schijnbare eenvoud is 'Demian' meeslepend geschreven. Het is een variant op het thema, dat Hesse steeds weer bezighoudt: de ontplooiing van een eenling, die eigenlijk in de ogen van 'de mensen' een zonderling is, juist omdat hij anders is dan zij. Dit thema speelt in 'Siddhartha' en in 'De steppewolf'. In vergelijking met laatstgenoemd werk is 'Demian' van eenzelfde constant hoog niveau, als kunstwerk een eenheid, terwijl 'De steppewolf' ongelijker van kwaliteit is, maar enige geniale, niet te overtreffen uitschieters vertoont. - Anne Brandenburg in Haarlems Dagblad

Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0060916524, Paperback)

One of the great writers of the twentieth century tells the dramatic story of a young man's awakening to selfhood. "An Existentialist intensity and a depth of understanding rare in contemporary fiction."Saturday Review

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