Book title: Demian Author: Hermann Hesse Translated by W.J. Strachan English First published: 1919 This translation first published by Peter Owen Publishers: 1958 Published in Penguin Classics 2017 Text copyright Hermann Hesse and Suhrkamp Verslag, 1958 Translation copyright Peter Owen Publishers, 1958 ISBN: 978-0-241-57044-9 Page number: 135 Paperback
Emil grows up the creature of two worlds: the safe, clean, respectable world of parents and school, and another world - a place of danger and mystery, servants' gossip and ghost stories, the dark currents that run under the surface. As he struggles between light and darkness, only the guidance of his friend and mentor Max Demian can lead him on a journey towards self-realization, in Hesse's fable of adolescent awakening and spiritual enlightenment.
Author: Hermann Hesse
Translated by W.J. Strachan
English
First published: 1919
This translation first published by Peter Owen Publishers: 1958
Published in Penguin Classics 2017
Text copyright Hermann Hesse and Suhrkamp Verslag, 1958
Translation copyright Peter Owen Publishers, 1958
ISBN: 978-0-241-57044-9
Page number: 135
Paperback
Emil grows up the creature of two worlds: the safe, clean, respectable world of parents and school, and another world - a place of danger and mystery, servants' gossip and ghost stories, the dark currents that run under the surface. As he struggles between light and darkness, only the guidance of his friend and mentor Max Demian can lead him on a journey towards self-realization, in Hesse's fable of adolescent awakening and spiritual enlightenment.
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