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A review by kaileegirl
Demian by Hermann Hesse
5.0
Demian is a beguiling story with a cocktail of interesting qualities. It is at once ugly, selfish and disdainful, yet also luminous and intimate. Resonant.
Vulnerability is the true ingredient, the one that brings the narrative it's particular texture and flavor . It speaks to the lonely, the singular, the anxious. It speaks of spirituals and academics and social outcasts; those marked by God. One cannot help but wonder the path one’s life may have taken, had they found this book earlier. At least, that’s how it was for me. There were moments that felt as if Sinclair had somehow lifted and poured from the contents of my own soul and passed them off as his own. Part of me says, “If only I had understood myself; if only I had understood human nature this way before.”
Then again, as Lady Eve would affirm, it makes little sense to entertain these thoughts. Every moment in life, each moment of motion or stagnancy, of creation or stillness will somehow be one to lure you towards your inner Self. The path to one"s Self may not be linear or even have a true ending, but it is inevitable. It is only your task to realize it.
Vulnerability is the true ingredient, the one that brings the narrative it's particular texture and flavor . It speaks to the lonely, the singular, the anxious. It speaks of spirituals and academics and social outcasts; those marked by God. One cannot help but wonder the path one’s life may have taken, had they found this book earlier. At least, that’s how it was for me. There were moments that felt as if Sinclair had somehow lifted and poured from the contents of my own soul and passed them off as his own. Part of me says, “If only I had understood myself; if only I had understood human nature this way before.”
Then again, as Lady Eve would affirm, it makes little sense to entertain these thoughts. Every moment in life, each moment of motion or stagnancy, of creation or stillness will somehow be one to lure you towards your inner Self. The path to one"s Self may not be linear or even have a true ending, but it is inevitable. It is only your task to realize it.