num_pages: 184
description: Originally published under a pseudonym shortly after the First World War, a novel of embracing dualityEmil Sinclair boasts of a theft that he has not committed and subsequently finds himself blackmailed by a bully. He turns to Max Demian, in whom he finds a friend and spiritual mentor. This strangely self-possessed figure is able to lure Emil out of his ordinary home-life and convince him of an existing alternative world of corruption and evil. Progressing from an orthodox education through to philosophical mysticism, Emil’s search for self-awareness culminates in a meeting with Demian’s mother—the symbol and personification of motherhood.
language: English
title: demian
titlecomplete: demian
characters: Emil Sinclair, Max Demian
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Philosophy, Spirituality, German Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Germany, 20th Century
ratings_count: 106862
publisher: Fisicalbook