Demian
Written by Hermann Hesse
Narrated by Jason McCoy
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Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse was a highly acclaimed German author. He was known most famously for his novels Steppenwolfand Siddhartha and his novel The Glass Bead Game earned Hesse a Nobel prize in Literature in 1946. Many of his works explore topics pertaining to self-prescribed societal ostracization. Hesse was fascinated with ways in which one could break the molds of traditional society in an effort to dig deeper into the conventions of selfhood. His fascination with personal awareness earned himself something of a following in the later part of his career. Perceived thus as a sort of “cult-figure” for many young English readers, Hesse’s works were a gateway into their expanding understanding of eastern mysticism and spirituality. Despite Hesse’s personal fame, Siddhartha, was not an immediate success. It was only later that his works received noticeable recognition, largely with audiences internationally. The Glass Bead Game was Hermann Hesse’s final novel, though he continued to express his beliefs through varying forms of art including essays, poems, and even watercolor paintings.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very beautiful writing and very interesting story. A great Herman Hesse book for sure.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Highly overrated - full of itself, complete nonsense . A waist of time
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I found it to be a rather vulnerable and extensive look into Hesse's childhood
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It’s been more than 20 years since I read Hess last. It seems like I’ve changed a lot in those years because this time around the whole philosophical metaphysical discourse just felt almost insufferable. I didn’t enjoy the narrator either. I was constantly imagining how someone else reading would’ve taken advantage of certain scenes to infuse a bit of drama into the reading. His reading felt too monotone to me. But hey, that’s just me, so all this with a grain of salt my friends.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was a great journey , i can now find my own demian . I wrote down all quotes i loved in a notebook , i shall read this book again and again there is so much to learn ?