Demian

Name: Demian
Rating: 4.2 (53 reviews)
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780060916527

by Unknown Author

4.2

(53 ratings)

192 pages1993HarpercollinsISBN 9780060916527

Fiction

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One of the great writers of the twentieth century tells the dramatic story of a young man's awakening to selfhood. "An Existentialist intensity and a depth of understanding rare in contemporary fiction."-- "Saturday Review" "An Existentialist intensity and a depth of understanding rare in contemporary fiction." "--Saturday Review"

Publication Details

Publisher: Harpercollins
Published: 1993
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9780060916527
Language: en

About Unknown Author

Hermann Karl Hesse -pseudonym: Emil Sinclair- (* 2. Juli 1877 in Calw; † 9. August 1962 in Montagnola, Schweiz), war ein deutsch-schweizerischer Schriftsteller, Dichter und Maler. Bekanntheit erlangte er mit Prosawerken wie *Siddhartha, Demian, Der Steppenwolf* sowie auch *Narziß und Goldmund* und mit seinen Gedichten (z. B. *Stufen).* 1946 wurde ihm der Nobelpreis für Literatur und 1954 der Orden Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste verliehen. ---------- Hermann Karl Hesse (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include *Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha,* and *The Glass Bead Game,* each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.