by Hermann Hesse · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420611389
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«Demian» is Hermann Hesse's novel of initiation, published by Alianza in hardcover (204 pages, in Spanish).
Emil Sinclair, a boy raised in a clear and safe world, meets Max Demian, an enigmatic classmate who helps him see reality differently. The novel follows his process of maturation and self-discovery, confronting him with the duality of good and evil, the rejection of bourgeois society, and the search for his own destiny.
Subtitled «Historia de la juventud de Emil Sinclair», the novel was originally published in 1919. The volume belongs to the El libro de bolsillo collection from Alianza Editorial.
For readers of coming-of-age novels and philosophical narrative, interested in a classic work about the transition to maturity and the construction of identity.
Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature. His interest in Eastern religious, spiritual, and philosophical traditions, combined with his involvement with Jungian analysis, helped shape his literary work. His best-known novels include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, Narcissus and Goldmund, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge, and spirituality.
