| Edition |
First Perennial Classics edition. |
| Description |
xi, 158 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: 1925. Published in hardcover in 1965 by Harper & Row. Perennial Library ed. published in 1989. |
| Summary |
In Demian, one of the great writers of the twentieth century tells the dramatic story of young, docile Emil Sinclair's descent--led by precocious shoolmate Max Demian--into a secret and dangerous world of petty crime and revolt against convention and eventual awakening to selfhood. "The electrifying influence exercised on a whole generation just after the First World War by Demian...is unforgettable. With uncanny accuracy this poetic work struck the nerve of the times and called forth grateful rapture from a whole youthful generation who believed that an interpreter of their innermost life had risen from their own midst." -- From the Introduction by Thomas Mann |
| Subject |
Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933 -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Bildungsromans.
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| Added Title |
Demian. English
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| ISBN |
0060931914 paperback $12.00 |
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