Demian is a classic coming-of-age story that continues to inspire generations of readers in its exploration of good and evil, morality, and self-discovery. The main character of this classic novel, Emil Sinclair, is a young boy raised in a bourgeois home. Emil’s entire existence can be summarized as a struggle between two worlds—the show world of illusion and the real world, the world of spiritual truth. According to Hesse, the novel is a story of Jungian individuation, the process of opening up to one’s unconsciousness.
Table des matières
Chapter One : Two Worlds
Chapter Two : Cain
Chapter Three : The Thief on the Cross
Chapter Four : Beatrice
Chapter Five : The Bird Fights Its Way Out of the Egg
Chapter Six : Jacob’s Fight with the Angel
Chapter Seven : Lady Eve
Chapter Eight : The Beginning of the End