Renata answers “Question to the people who read this, like...”

Leah Stein asked this question about Demian:

Question to the people who read this, like myself: Did you also find strong homosexual undertones? I found Sinclair infatuation and longing to Demian to not be necessarily worshiping, but a falling in love of sorts... And the book progresses, to the last moment, I read it as half a coming-out story. What do you think?

Renata This book is beautiful but complicated the entire book is influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche's work ( philosophy and psychology). If you would read a b…moreThis book is beautiful but complicated the entire book is influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche's work ( philosophy and psychology). If you would read a bit of his work you would understand the book better because this book is very charged and symbolic (and every character represents something more).(less)

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