Demian
by Hermann Hesse
Taste attributes: dramapsychologicalteenslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of ageempowerment/personal growthunlikely connections
Boxlist takeExpect an intimate, slow-paced novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like patience over pace.
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Hermann Hesse
- Published
- 1919
- Pages
- 184
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