Demian Die Geschichte Von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

A powerful new translation of Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse’s masterpiece of youthful rebellion—with a foreword and cover art by James Franco A Penguin Classic A young man awakens to selfhood and to a world of possibilities beyond the conventions of his upbringing in Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse’s beloved novel Demian. Emil Sinclair is a quiet boy drawn into a forbidden yet seductive realm of petty crime and defiance. His guide is his precocious, mysterious classmate Max Demian, who provokes in Emil a search for self-discovery and spiritual fulfillment. A brilliant psychological portrait, Demian is given new life in this translation, which together with James Franco’s personal and inspiring foreword will bring a new generation to Hesse’s widely influential coming-of-age novel. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

2011 Reprint of 1948 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The main character of this classic novel, Emil Sinclair, is a young boy raised in a bourgeois home, amidst what is described as a Scheinwelt, a play on words that means "world of light" as well as "world of illusion." Emil's entire existence can be summarized as a struggle between two worlds: the show world of illusion (related to the Hindu concept of maya) and the real world, the world of spiritual truth. In the course of the novel, accompanied and prompted by his mysterious classmate 'Max Demian', he detaches from and revolts against the superficial ideals of the world of appearances and eventually awakens into a realization of self. The novel refers to the idea of Gnosticism, particularly the god Abraxas, showing the influence of Carl Jung's psychology. According to Hesse, the novel is a story of Jungian individuation, the process of opening up to one's unconsciousness.

A brilliant journey of the psyche written by one of Germany's most influential writers and thinkers, Herman Hesse First published in 1919 under the pseudonyn Emil Sinclair, Demian follows the life of a troubled German youth as he navigates the duality of a world filled with illusions and spiritual truth. When Sinclair first meets childhood classmate Max Demian, his eyes are opened to the contradictions of his existing Christian knowledge. As Sinclair continues to question his worldview, the two friends are separated and reunited throughout their lives, with each encounter being a vantage for Sinclair to reconcile a world at discord. He ascends on his path to freedom and a realization of self as the friendship evolves in surprising and explosive ways. 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.

First published in 1919 under the pseudonym "Emil Sinclair", the narrator of the story. Emil Sinclair is a young boy who was raised in a bourgeois home. He is confused as to what his life is and is going to be. Max Demian, friend and mentor of Emil, leads Emil to his eventual self-realisation.

Una novela que cuenta la historia desde la niñez hasta la madurez de Emil Sinclair un complicado personaje creado por el escritor alemán Hermann Hesse. Emil es un niño que vivía su vida en lo que Hess denomina el Scheinwelt (mundo de ensueño o mundo de la luz), pero una mentira lo obliga a ampliar sus visiones del mundo y a conocer un personaje enigmático de nombre Max Demian que lo llevará por los senderos del auto-razonamiento destruyendo paradigmas materialistas que antes le rodeaban. La novela refiere y uti-liza conceptos del Gnosticismo, particularmente el demiurgo (entidad que, sin ser creadora, es impulsora del universo imprimiéndole movimiento) Abraxas, mientras muestra la influencia del sistema de psicoanálisis de Carl Jung. Esta obra se publicó por primera vez el año 1919.

A friend's mother, war, and newly discovered self-respect draw a young man toward his psychological awakening.

"All I really wanted was to try and live the life that was spontaneously welling up within me. Why was that so very difficult?" Generations of readers have recognized the impassioned cry that introduces the young narrator of Demian, and embraced this tale of a troubled young man's struggle toward self-awareness. Initially published in Berlin in 1919, the novel met with instant critical acclaim, as well as great popular success among people seeking answers amid the devastating aftermath of World War I. A brilliant psychological portrait of an individual's departure from social conventions in the search for spiritual fulfillment, Demian encompasses many of the themes associated with Hermann Hesse, its Noble Prize–winning author, particularly the duality of human nature and the quest for inner peace. Considered an important work in the evolution of twentieth-century European literature, this perceptive coming-of-age novel enjoys a particular resonance with young adults, a fact that has made Demian a perennial favorite in schools and colleges all over the world. This inexpensive edition, featuring an excellent new English translation, is sure to be welcomed by teachers and students, and by the legions of confirmed Hesse fans.

In Demian, one of the great writers of the twentieth century tells the dramatic story of young, docile Emil Sinclair's descent--led by precocious shoolmate Max Demian--into a secret and dangerous world of petty crime and revolt against convention and eventual awakening to selfhood. "The electrifying influence exercised on a whole generation just after the First World War by Demian...is unforgettable. With uncanny accuracy this poetic work struck the nerve of the times and called forth grateful rapture from a whole youthful generation who believed that an interpreter of their innermost life had risen from their own midst." -- From the Introduction by Thomas Mann

Emil Sinclair dibesarkan di sebuah rumah kelas menengah yang digambarkan sebagai Scheinwelt (kehidupan dua dunia); antara dunia ilusi dan dunia nyata. Masa remaja Sinclair penuh dengan perjuangan spiritual sejati di mana perjalanan pencarian jati diri tersebut disertai oleh temannya yang misterius, Max Demian. Sinclair memberontak melepaskan diri dari pertunjukan cita-cita dunia yang dangkal dan akhirnya terlahir kembali menjadi dirinya yang sebenarnya.

Hermann Karl Hesse (1877-1962) was a German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. He found early popularity as an author in his native Germany but was soon embroiled in public controversy following the publication of an essay that appealed to his fellow countrymen regarding their role in the First World War. This personal crisis was quickly followed by the death of his father, the serious illness of a son, and his wife's deteriorating mental health, leading to a great turning point in his life when he emigrated to Switzerland and sought refuge in psychoanalysis with a disciple of Carl Jung.The first influences of that analysis bore Demian: a novel so radically different from his earlier work that even his friend, the renowned Thomas Mann, could not believe Hesse wrote it. Initially published under the pseudonym Emil Sinclair, and replete with both Jungian archetypes and Jungian symbolism, it tells the coming-of-age story of troubled adolescent Emil and his quest for self-discovery and spiritual awakening with his friend, Max Demian, as guide.

Hermann Karl Hesse nació en Calw, localidad ubicada en Wurtemberg, donde transcurrieron los tres primeros años de su vida (hasta 1880) y tres años de colegio (1886 a 1889). Descendiente de misioneros cristianos, la familia tuvo desde 1873 una editorial de textos misioneros dirigida por el abuelo materno de Hesse, Hermann Gundert. Era hijo de Johannes Hesse, nacido en 1847, hijo de un médico originario de Estonia, y de Marie Gundert, nacida en Basilea (Suiza) en 1842. Hesse tuvo cinco hermanos, de los que dos murieron prematuramente.Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend (en español, Demian: Historia de la juventud de Emil Sinclair) es una novela que relata en primera persona el paso de la niñez a la madurez de este personaje, del escritor alemán Hermann Hesse. La obra fue publicada por vez primera en 1919, en los tiempos que siguieron a la Gran Guerra.

A powerful new translation of Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse's masterpiece of youthful rebellion--with a foreword and cover art by James Franco A young man awakens to selfhood and to a world of possibilities beyond the conventions of his upbringing in Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse's beloved novel "Demian." Emil Sinclair is a quiet boy drawn into a forbidden yet seductive realm of petty crime and defiance. His guide is his precocious, mysterious classmate Max Demian, who provokes in Emil a search for self-discovery and spiritual fulfillment. A brilliant psychological portrait, "Demian "is given new life in this translation, which together with James Franco's personal and inspiring foreword will bring a new generation to Hesse's widely influential coming-of-age novel.

Demian est le roman d'une adolescence, roman d'initiation, de formation, et l'un des chefs-d'œuvre du genre. Le sous-titre est : Histoire de la jeunesse d'Emile Sinclair. Demian enseigne à Emile Sinclair à ne pas suivre l'exemple de ses parents, à se révolter pour se trouver, à s'exposer à la fois au divin et au démoniaque, à traverser le chaos pour mériter l'accomplissement de sa destinée propre. Les trois romans de Hermann Hesse, Demian, chronologiquement le premier, Siddhartha et Le Loup des steppes offrent autant de variations sur le thème de l'étranger qui ne doit pas craindre de se séparer de la société, de " vivre en dehors ".

'Demian' is the story of young Emil Sinclair's quest for personal growth, and the strange people and theories he meets along the way. His 'spiritual guide' is Max Demian, an enigmatic older boy who befriends the troubled youth and, along with his beautiful mother Frau Eva, gradually brings Emil to a deeper knowledge of his innermost self.