A brilliant psychological portrait of a troubled young man's quest for self-awareness, this coming-of-age novel achieved instant critical and popular acclaim upon its 1919 publication. A landmark in the history of 20th-century literature, it reflects the author's preoccupation with the duality of human nature and the pursuit of spiritual fullfillment. Excellent new English translation. Introduction.
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Some things are best left to those who haven't held death near; to those who are still immortal. I leave this book to my past, to mania, to every youth yet to compare nothingness with the petty dealings we are destined to deliberate blindly.
I have seen the mad go madder from such emotionally libertine musings. This book is not for the youth of today. It is for the older to remember how they happened.
I went through a serious "Hesse Phase" when I was a teenager- Demian was definitely my favorite- "Fate and temperament are two words for one and the same concept." That was clear to me now
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