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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
I read it for the 2nd time after 15 years. It's a book about how humans beings are both good and evil, how we struggle with those aspects within us and how we struggle to find out way.
Loved every minute of it.
Loved every minute of it.
Este libro, como El lobo estepario, fue vital en mi visión del mundo a los 18. El adolescente que se interna en el mundo adulto, que quiere a la vez permanecer y abandonar la seguridad de la infancia, que se ve solo ante el mundo, sin nadie que le comprenda completamente, y que duda, y duda, y lucha para comprender el el mundo que tiene ante sí. Hesse escribe y describe maravillosamente bien. No lo he vuelto a visitar, y probablemente lo vería con otros ojos más de 25 años después, pero este libro me hizo mucho bien y así permanecerá en mi memoria.
3.5⭐
L'ho ripreso dopo un lungo blocco del lettore e non so, carino ma nulla di che.
Sicuramente l'ambivalenza di Demian, il suo essere misterioso è la parte più interessante del libro.
L'ho ripreso dopo un lungo blocco del lettore e non so, carino ma nulla di che.
Sicuramente l'ambivalenza di Demian, il suo essere misterioso è la parte più interessante del libro.
Oma mahasurutud homoseksuaalsete tunnete objekti ema, keda sa kunagi päriselus näinud ei ole, androgüünse vormi unes nägemine ja tema ebajumala staatusesse tõstmine...... Keegi laenake mulle ouija lauda, mul on vaja Freudiga konsulteerida
Tõsiselt rääkides oli tegu üpris huvitava mõttearendusega saatuse ja inimelu eesmärkide teemal
"Ükski inimene ei ole kunagi olnud täielikult tema ise. Ometi püüab igaüks iseendaks saada, üks kobamisi, teine selgemalt, igaüks nii nagu oskab."
Tõsiselt rääkides oli tegu üpris huvitava mõttearendusega saatuse ja inimelu eesmärkide teemal
"Ükski inimene ei ole kunagi olnud täielikult tema ise. Ometi püüab igaüks iseendaks saada, üks kobamisi, teine selgemalt, igaüks nii nagu oskab."
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Emil Sinclair is gay. This book in short is a self-discovery of Sinclair and his romantic obsession with Demian. As well as a struggle for right or wrong and morals created for mass control. Where nothing is black and white but a rainbow of colors.
After being hooked by Siddhartha, another one of Herman Hesse’s works, Demian was the logical next step.
The two books differ greatly - Siddhartha seemed to have a greater emphasis on the plot-line, whereas Demian, to me at least, appears to concentrate more on dialogue. This said, the story-line took several deviations from what would be expected, and the ending, although rather abrupt, was a welcome plot twist.
From my entirely personal perspective, this isn't Hermann’s greatest piece, but perhaps I was spoiled by reading Siddhartha first, but all things considered, it was a rather enjoyable read.
The two books differ greatly - Siddhartha seemed to have a greater emphasis on the plot-line, whereas Demian, to me at least, appears to concentrate more on dialogue. This said, the story-line took several deviations from what would be expected, and the ending, although rather abrupt, was a welcome plot twist.
From my entirely personal perspective, this isn't Hermann’s greatest piece, but perhaps I was spoiled by reading Siddhartha first, but all things considered, it was a rather enjoyable read.
A book that changed my life. It shone a spotlight on all my pains, struggles, desperation and made them all seem like valid branches in the tree of life. They exist in everyone's life.
Everything that Emil goes through seemed like a reflection of a period in my past. I felt like those were the lanes I had trodden once and had learnt differently through them. I could see myself in Emil and see something beyond myself too.
Emil Sinclair is the personification of a person learning, un-learning, stretching and testing his wings to make sense of life and give it a semblance of purpose. Demian may be viewed as Emil's mentor in the beginning of the book, coaxing him and encouraging him to listen to his mind, come out of the restrictions put by those in the past who could never dream up the present. However, towards the end of the book Demian transforms into Emil's inner voice, a sense of true freedom that lies within us but is seldom let out due to various fears and barriers.
I don't think I can absorb all that the book has to say in one reading. I found something in Demian to read again and again over my life and learn and un-learn every time I read it.
For an existential literature glutton like me, this was the pinnacle of everything.
Everything that Emil goes through seemed like a reflection of a period in my past. I felt like those were the lanes I had trodden once and had learnt differently through them. I could see myself in Emil and see something beyond myself too.
Emil Sinclair is the personification of a person learning, un-learning, stretching and testing his wings to make sense of life and give it a semblance of purpose. Demian may be viewed as Emil's mentor in the beginning of the book, coaxing him and encouraging him to listen to his mind, come out of the restrictions put by those in the past who could never dream up the present. However, towards the end of the book Demian transforms into Emil's inner voice, a sense of true freedom that lies within us but is seldom let out due to various fears and barriers.
I don't think I can absorb all that the book has to say in one reading. I found something in Demian to read again and again over my life and learn and un-learn every time I read it.
For an existential literature glutton like me, this was the pinnacle of everything.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes