Demian

The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth

By: Hermann Hesse

Narrated by: Jeff Woodman

Here is the dramatic story of young, docile Emil Sinclair's descent - led by precocious schoolmate Max Demian - into a secret and dangerous world of petty crime and revolt against convention and eventual awakening to selfhood. A brilliant psychological portrait of a troubled young man's quest for self-awareness, this coming-of-age novel achieved instant critical and popular acclaim upon its 1919 publication. A landmark in the history of 20th-century literature, it reflects the author's preoccupation with the duality of human nature and the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment.©1925 Fischer Verlag; 1965 Harper and Row, Publishers, Incorprated; 1948 Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc. (Introduction) (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks America

Great read

Great performance, it carried the prose thoughtfully. It’s a good coming of age story with a mix of fantasy and harsh realities.

Great book

No wonder that the author was able to sell more than 150 million books during the mid 1900

Amazing

When I was a kid, this book was one of my favourite ever. Now, ages after, I bought this audiobook. I was amazed again.

Demian a great introduction to Hermann Hesse

fantastic narration. ..smiled the whole time! through the main character the author clearly projects his world view

Intriguing story, excellent reader

I devoured Hermann Hesse books when I was a teenager, and recently came up on Hesse again when my uncle gave me Siddhartha. My husband saw the book and read it too. He said he would like to read more of Hesse. So for his 65th birthday I was trying to think what would be a nice gift. Narcissis and Goldman is a little too ponderous. The glass bead game was a little over my head back then it might still be. I remember liking, but not really understanding, Demian. So I ordered it on Audible to see if that would be a good choice and a lot of it has overlap with my husband's psychology. There are some things I don't understand in this book, but maybe my husband will. No need to understand (or agree with) it all, because a lot of it resonates so well. An even better delight though is how this book is read by this reader. I love his voice inflections, his pauses, etc. which added a great deal to the story.