Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth (Penguin Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (721 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143106783 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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"I received the wrong book" according to Michael Fotos. The edition does NOT coincide with the picture. It is the picture of the newest edition teachers are looking for. This jerk gave me a previous edition. I had to buy the book twice. I was trying to save money not pay double.. Joshua M. Brown said This version's translation by Damion Searls is dumbed down and stale. Please read the original translation by Michael Roloff and Michael Lebeck (which is a definite 5 stars)!! This version's translation by Damion Searls is dumbed down and stale So disappointing to know this version may mean that others miss out on Herman Hesse's original voice and intentions because this novel is one of my ask time favorites.. Melinda said Introspective classic. Herman Hesse is like coming home. I was fascinated to learn this predates Siddhartha and that it is not better known as it seems to surpass even the subtle introspective epiphanies in that novel.
He lives in Decatur, Georgia.James Franco is an Oscar-nominated actor and director. His writing has appeared in Esquire, the Wall Street Journal, and McSweeney’s. Franco lives in New York. Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946
His guide is his precocious, mysterious classmate Max Demian, who provokes in Emil a search for self-discovery and spiritual fulfillment. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. 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. 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.. A powerful new translation of Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse’s masterpiece of youthful rebellion—with a foreword and cover art by James FrancoA 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
“An excellent new translation.” —The Times Literary Supplement