Demian [ The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth ]

"Demian es la obra que catapulto a Hermann Hesse a la fama. La novela, que refleja la crisis personal de Hesse, es la historia de un hombre desgarrado entre su ordenada vida burguesa y un caotico mundo de sensualidad"

Hesse's classic tells of the turmoil of Emil Sinclair, a docile young man who is drawn by his schoolmates into a secret and dangerous world of petty crime and revolt against convention. 

1. Two Realms
2. Cain
3. Among Thieves
4. Beatrice
5. "The Bird Flights Its Way Out of the Egg"
6. Jacob Wrestling
7. Eva
8. The End Begins 

Playing with the note I unfolded it carelessly and noticed a few words written on it. One glance was sufficient. One word stopped me cold; in panic I read on while cold fear contracted my heart : "The bird flights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The Bird flies to God. That God's name is Abraxas."

I wanted only to try to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self.
Why was that so very difficult?