Herman Hesse - Demian

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Damian - Herman Hesse


I often wondered about aesthetic values and meanings but I never did anything with those thoughts. there were mere linger feelings that couldn't be suppressed.

In the diligence of my readings, I stumbled on "Damian" by "Herman Hesse".

the book is an autobiographical book. Presented through the eyes of a German average teenager. Emile.

He tells his dramatic life story and tells us about the only person who gave him access to a life less ordinary. A life full of aesthetic thoughts,predicaments. life á la Art.

Damian's Existentialistic Views are wonderful. A true beauty!

Once you start reading it, like me, you will be thrown into this strange world of aestheticism and reality.
It's a book that can change your life and it certainly changed mine.

Herman Hesse won the nobelprize of literature in 1946 and without reluctance and pretentious hyping.
I can assure you that this book is something original. something out-of-this-world

If you read this, i'll bet you want to read more of him.
"Things happen or they don't happen, thats all. Nothing is accomplished by sweat and struggle. Nearly everything which we call life is just Insomnia , and agony because we've lost the habit of falling asleep..." - Henry Miller




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Sounds like a really good book. I'll add it to my list.
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