Demian
The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth

Name: Demian
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Author: Hermann Hesse
ISBN: 9781602834255

Author: Hermann Hesse

Narrator: Jeff Woodman

Unabridged: 5 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 08/05/2008

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

A brilliant psychological portrait of a troubled young man's quest for self-awareness, this coming-of-age novel achieved instant critical and popular acclaim upon its 1919 publication. A landmark in the history of twentieth-century literature, it reflects Hermann Hesse's preoccupation with the duality of human nature and the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment.

About Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) was born in Germany and later became a citizen of Switzerland. As a Western man profoundly affected by the mysticism of Eastern thought, he wrote many novels, stories, and essays that bear a vital spiritual force that has captured many generations of readers. In 1946 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

About Jeff Woodman

Jeff Woodman is an actor and narrator. He is a winner of the prestigious Audie Award and a six-time finalist. He has received twenty Earphones Awards and was named the 2008 Best Voice in Fiction & Classics, as well as one of the Fifty Greatest Voices of the Century by AudioFile magazine. As an actor, he originated the title role in Tennessee Williams’ The Notebook of Trigorin and won the S. F. Critics’ Circle Award for his performance in An Ideal Husband. In addition to numerous theater credits on and off Broadway, his television work includes Sex and the City, Law & Order, and Cosby.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lucy on December 28, 2022

Nobody told me this would be kinda gay?......more

Goodreads review by Vit on January 20, 2024

There are two worlds: the world of good and the world of evil… The world of light and the world of darkness… There were stories of the lost boys, prodigal sons, that this had happened to, and I read them avidly. The return to the father, to what was good, was always such a magnificent liberation in t......more

Quotes

“An Existentialist intensity and a depth of understanding rare in contemporary fiction.” Saturday Review

“Woodman delivers a brisk, bright, attractive reading of a book that, at times mysterious, even arcane, is here well rendered for modern listeners.” AudioFile