In Demian, one of the great writers of the twentieth century tells the dramatic story of young, docile Emil Sinclair's descent -led by presosious schoolmate Max Demian- into a secret and dangerous world of petty crime and revolt against convention and eventual awakening to selfhood. The electrifying influence exercised on a whole generation just after the First World War by Demian... is unforgettable. With uncanny accuracy this poetic work stuck the nerve of the from a whole youthful generation who believed that an interpreter of their innermost life had risen from their own midst.