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Ebook · Urban Romantics

Demian

Author
Hermann Hesse
Language
German
Length
152 pages
ISBN
9781787362079
Published
4 December 2020
Imprint
Urban Romantics
  • Hermann Hesse
  • Siddhartha
  • spirituality
  • empowerment
  • spiritual growth
  • meaning of life
  • Buddha
  • Buddhism
  • Hindu
  • coming of age

Description

Emil Sinclair is a young boy raised in a middle class home, amidst what is described as a Scheinwelt, a play on words meaning 'world of light' as well as 'world of illusion'. Sinclair's entire existence can be summarized as a struggle between two worlds: the show world of illusion and the real world, the world of spiritual truth. Accompanied and prompted by his mysterious classmate and friend 'Max Demian', he detaches from and revolts against the superficial ideals of the world of appearances and eventually awakens into a realization of self.

Author

Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) was a German-Swiss poet and novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. His books explore the inward journey — the search for authenticity, spiritual balance, and self-knowledge beyond social convention. Siddhartha, Demian, and Steppenwolf made him a guiding voice for generations of readers across Europe and America. Hesse writes with lyrical simplicity about the hardest question: how to become oneself.