Nobel Prize-winning German novelist and poet Hermann Hesse was already considered an important writer when, in 1919, he published the novel "Demian", which made him famous throughout Europe. In addition to its appeal as a coming-of-age novel, the book is also important to anyone interested in the evolution of 20th-century literature. 時代や他人の考えに流される事こそが、本当の悪。多方面から飛び交う情報と慣習に囚われた現代で、善悪を超えた「独自の思想」を持つ事が真実の自由であるという教えは、何度読んでも衝撃です。