Narcissus and Goldmund is the story of a passionate yet uneasy friendship between two men of opposite character. Narcissus, an ascetic instructor at a cloister school, has devoted himself solely...

This Faust-like and magical story of the humanization of a middle-aged misanthrope is a portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf. It can also be seen as a plea for...

Schoolboy Emil Sinclair boasts of a theft and finds himself blackmailed by a bully. He turns to Max Demian in whom he finds a friend and mentor. Under this strangely self-possessed figure’s...