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This translation first published in Penguin Books 2013

Translation copyright © Damion Searls, 2013

Introduction copyright © Ralph Freedman, 2013

Foreword copyright © Whose Dog RU International, Inc., 2013

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Originally published in German by S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin, 1919

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Hesse, Hermann, 1877–1962.

[Demian. English]

Demian : the story of Emil Sinclair’s youth / Hermann Hesse ; translated by Damion Searls ; foreword by James Franco ; introduction by Ralph Freedman.

pages cm.—(Penguin Classics)

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-1-101-59056-0

1. Young men—Germany—Fiction. 2. Germany—Social conditions—1918–1933—Fiction. I. Searls, Damion, translator. II. Title.

PT2617.E85D413 2013

833'.912—dc23

2013006661