Demian : the Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth

Zusatztext "What Catcher in the Rye has come to mean for America's younger generation, Demian proved to be for Germany's early post-WWI youth. . . . A quite believable, fascinating, moving portrait of youth." Informationen zum Autor Hermann Hesse was born in 1877. His books include Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, Narcissus and Goldmund, and Magister Ludi. He died in 1962. Klappentext ?Hesse is a writer whose peculiar vision is worth inspecting. His world is shadowy and close to areas of the heart that will probably never see light. But his vision is a rare one, as commendable for its humane solicitude as for its strangeness and unearthly color.? ? National Review An acclaimed, influential, and visionary novel from Hermann Hesse, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Demian tells the dramatic story of Emil Sinclair. Docile and unquestioning, Emil follows a precious schoolmate?the charismatic Max Demian?on a shocking decent into a secret and dangerous world of petty crime and revolt against convention. And it is there in the shadows that a formerly complacent and uncomplicated young man achieves a miraculous awakening to adulthood. The novel includes an introduction by Thomas Mann. Zusammenfassung “Hesse is a writer whose peculiar vision is worth inspecting. His world is shadowy and close to areas of the heart that will probably never see light. But his vision is a rare one, as commendable for its humane solicitude as for its strangeness and unearthly color.” —  National Review An acclaimed, influential, and visionary novel from Hermann Hesse, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.  Demian  tells the dramatic story of Emil Sinclair. Docile and unquestioning, Emil follows a precious schoolmate—the charismatic Max Demian—on a shocking decent into a secret and dangerous world of petty crime and revolt against convention. And it is there in the shadows that a formerly complacent and uncomplicated young man achieves a miraculous awakening to adulthood. The novel includes an introduction by Thomas Mann. ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Hermann Hesse
• Mitarbeit: Michael Lebeck (Übersetzung), Michael Roloff (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 08.09.2009
• EAN: 9780060931919
• ISBN: 978-0-06-093191-9
• Seiten: 176
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 202 mm x 10 mm
• Serien: Perennial Classics; Perennial Classics
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Relating to early adulthood, United States of America, USA, Plays, Playscripts, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Crime, FICTION: Coming of Age, FICTION: Classics, FICTION: Romance / New Adult, HARPER PERENNIAL CLASSICS: FICTION, FICTION: World Literature / Europe (General), FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century, Modern and Contemporary romance, Classic fiction: general and literary, FICTION: World Literature / Germany / 20th Century, Harper Perennial Classics / Fiction