Another one of those rather strange books, the blurb on Hesse's Demian
"In Demian he (Hesse) chronicles with clear-sighted humanity the growth to maturity of Emil Sinclair, who falls under the influence of Max Demian, a strangely self-possessed figure. As Sinclair progresses through orthodox education and philosophical mysticism towards self-awareness, he always has the image of Demian before him - right up to the climatic moment of confrontation with destiny on a blood-drenched battlefield"
This was yet another book I mindlessly picked up off of the shelf and, attracted by the blurb, decided to take it out. And a good decision that was.
As the blurb reads, we are shown (in first-person narrative, of course) the events of Sinclair's life as he grows from a scared child into an adult. However, his life doesn't travel smoothly. He suffers from various -isms, meets strange people and wonders what's going on in his life.
This was quite a fast read with only 150 pages, but the small amount of pages managed to tell a large amount of story with twists, changes, happiness and sadness (no, I didn't cry!)
I currently have another Hesse book on my pile of loans which I only picked up for the name without checking the author so that'll be reviewed soon (hopefully).
With us now being at the end of the review (if you read this far), I'll be giving this book another 4 out of 5.
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