4 livres semblables à Demian
La Montagne magique
One of the most influential and celebrated German works of the 20th century has been newly rendered in English by Woods, twice winner of the PEN Translation Prize. First published in 1929, Mann's novel tells the story of Hans Castorp, a modern everyman who spends seven years in an Alpine sanatorium for tuberculosis patients, finally leaving to become a soldier in World War I. Isolated from the…
Thèmes communs : German language materials, German fiction, Germany, Continental european fiction
Les Souffrances du jeune Werther
Edición de Manuel José González.
Thèmes communs : German fiction, Germany, Young men, Continental european fiction
À l'ouest, rien de nouveau
This is the testament of Paul Bäumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I. These young men become enthusiastic soldiers, but their world of duty, culture, and progress breaks into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches.
Through years of vivid horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the hatred that meaninglessly pits young men of the…
Thèmes communs : German fiction, Germany, Continental european fiction
L'Alchimiste
The Alchemist details the journey of a young Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago. Santiago, believing a recurring dream to be prophetic, decides to travel to the pyramids of Egypt to find treasure. On the way, he encounters love, danger, opportunity and disaster. One of the significant characters that he meets is an old king named Melchizedek who tells him that "When you want something, all…
Thèmes communs : Portuguese fiction, Young men