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One never reaches home... But wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks… — Hermann Hesse

Novel · Coming of age story

One never reaches home... But wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.

In the original German

Heim kommt man nie...Aber wo befreundete Wege zusammenlaufen, da sieht die ganze Welt für eine Stunde wie Heimat aus.

Hermann Hesse
Demian · 1919
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Topic
Home
Genre
Coming of age story
Medium
Novel
Time
1919
Person
Hermann Hesse
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Current citation
Hesse, Herman. Demian, translated by Damion Searls. Penguin Classics, 2013.
Original citation
Hesse, Herman. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend [Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth]. Fischer Verlag, 1919.

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