Novel · Coming-of-age · 1919
Demian
데미안
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A novel following Emil Sinclair from boyhood through youth as he struggles to find himself. His development is shaped by his friendship with the older, mysterious Max Demian.
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“I will begin my story with an event of the time when I was ten or eleven years old and went to the Latin school of our little town.”
Demian · Hermann Hesse
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I will begin my story with an event of the time when I was ten or eleven years old and went to the Latin school of our little town.
나는 열 살이나 열한 살쯤 되었을 때 우리 작은 마을의 라틴어 학교에 다녔던 시절의 일로 내 이야기를 시작하겠다.
Much of the old-time fragrance is wafted back to me, but my sensations are not unmixed, as I pass in review my memories--dark streets and bright houses and towers, the striking of clocks and the features of men, comfortable and homely rooms, rooms full of secrecy and dread of ghosts.
옛 시절의 향기가 많이 되살아나지만, 어두운 거리와 밝은 집과 탑, 시계 소리와 사람들의 얼굴, 아늑하고 편안한 방, 비밀스럽고 유령에 대한 두려움으로 가득 찬 방 등 기억을 되짚어보니 감정이 뒤섞여 있습니다.
I sense again the atmosphere of cosy warmth, of rabbits and servant-girls, of household remedies and dried fruit.
나는 다시금 아늑하고 따뜻한 분위기, 토끼와 하녀들, 가정 요법과 말린 과일의 분위기를 느낍니다.
Two worlds passed there one through the other.
두 세계가 거기서 서로를 통과했습니다.
From two poles came forth day and night.
두 기둥에서 낮과 밤이 나왔습니다.
The one world was my home, but it was even narrower than that, for it really comprised only my parents.
세상은 나의 집이었지만, 그것은 사실 그보다 훨씬 더 좁았는데, 실제로는 나의 부모님으로만 이루어져 있었기 때문입니다.
This world was for the most part very well known to me; it meant mother and father, love and severity, good example and school.
이 세상은 대부분 내게 아주 잘 알려져 있었습니다. 어머니와 아버지, 사랑과 엄격함, 좋은 본보기와 학교를 의미했습니다.
It was a world of subdued lustre, of clarity and cleanliness; here were tender friendly words, washed hands, clean clothes and good manners.
그곳은 은은한 광채와 명료함, 청결함이 넘치는 세상이었습니다. 부드럽고 다정한 말, 씻은 손, 깨끗한 옷, 그리고 좋은 예절이 있었습니다.
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Book details
- Title
- Demian (데미안)
- Author
- Hermann Hesse
- First published
- 1919
- Genre
- Novel, Coming-of-age, Philosophy
- Original language
- English
- Translations in app
- 20 languages
- Price
- Free