Demian
1919 • 255 pages

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A young man awakens to selfhood and to a world of possibilities beyond the conventions of his upbringing in Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse’s beloved novel Demian. Emil Sinclair is a quiet boy drawn into a forbidden yet seductive realm of petty crime and defiance. His guide is his precocious, mysterious classmate Max Demian, who provokes in Emil a search for self-discovery and spiritual fulfillment. A brilliant psychological portrait, Demian is given new life in this translation, which together with James Franco’s personal and inspiring foreword will bring a new generation to Hesse’s widely influential coming-of-age novel.

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The final was pretty disappointing, but besides that, this book is a masterpiece

August 26, 2024

Sobre la fijación de un hombre con otros hombres.

June 26, 2023

Interesante y entretenido. Te deja pensando (reflexionando) sobre cierto sucesos y temas (un psicoanálisis).

November 30, 2022

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