- Paperback
- Publisher: Uitgeverij De Bezige Bij (1971)
- Language: French
- ISBN-10: 9023403819
- ISBN-13: 978-9023403814
- ASIN: B002LNWUBG
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14.9 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 358 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Siddhartha of Europe,
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This review is from: DEMIAN (Mass Market Paperback)
The themes and underlying philosophy of Demian are shared heavily with Hesse's Siddhartha- while Siddhartha focuses on Eastern philosophy and spirituality, Demian pits the same concepts in the context of Western occultism and magic. Both books deal with the progression people make through their lives, developing by facing troubles and challenges that make them grow as individuals.Much of the meat of this book was lost on me in my first aborted attempt to read it, but years later I became extremely interested in magic and fell in love with this book. Much like Siddhartha is based on a man who seeks knowledge and finds it by forging his own path in life, Demian is about a character who finds himself falling in various situations that make him question exactly what good and evil are. Growing up in a rigid religious family, he finds he is always attracted to the darker things in life but feels he sells his soul when he gets involved in things that are even slightest on the dark side. Soon enough, though, he finds there are other people like him. A main theme of the book is the ability of "marked" people (or people who don't conform to society's standards of how people need to think and act) always seem to find each other. Hesse depicts a group of people who think differently than everyone around them, and by questioning what they are told can find deeper meaning in life. There are many great passages and little tidbits in this book, and it kept me glued to the pages for about 9/10's of the story. However, the ending falls apart completely, so I can't give it more than 4 stars. I found it helpful to consider when the story was written (around World War II), in order to be a bit more apologetic about the anticlimactic ending.
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