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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?

Hugolane I recommended this to my daughter and she picked up on the homoeroticism, but then she very sensitive to such things, and may see it sometimes where i…moreI recommended this to my daughter and she picked up on the homoeroticism, but then she very sensitive to such things, and may see it sometimes where it may not be. Reading it after many years, my sith gender hetero perspective didn't see it as any more homoerotic than when I read it as a naive young adult. I'm with Max Romano here. If you see it, that is fine, but Hesse did not write this as a coming out novel, but rather as a Jungian Bildungsroman.(less)

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