History Creator / HermannHesse

* TheAce: Demian, in the titular book, is not only smarter than everyone in his age group but is capable of trouncing the bully who has the protagonist in his thrall.

* MrsRobinson: Sincla

* IfOnlyYouKnew: Sinclair feels a moment of pity and resentment that his family doesn't know he's being blackmailed into petty crime by a bully; he thinks the trope name almost word for word when his father gets after him for... getting his boots muddy.

* IfYouOnlyKnew: Sinclair feels a moment of pity and resentment that his family doesn't know he's being blackmailed into petty crime by a bully; he thinks the trope name almost word for word when his father gets after him for... getting his boots muddy.

* StacysMom: Sinclair is immediately smitten with Demian's mother, who is not only aware of this but once rather unsubtly hints that he could have her if he'd just be bold enough to try.

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* StacysMom: Sinclair is immediately smitten with ''Demian'''s mother, who is not only aware of this but once rather unsubtly hints that he could have her if he'd just be bold enough to try.

* ''Steppenwolf''

* {{Bishounen}}: Demian is described as having a never-aging female-looking face, and is considered a very attractive guy.

* LadyLooksLikeADude: In ''Demian'', Frau Eva (Demian's mother) is described as having male features alongside feminine cues.
* MilestoneBirthdayAngst: The protagonist of ''Steppenwolf'' is 47 and suicidal. Shortly after the beginning of the novel, he gets the idea to committ suicide on the day of his 50th birthday.

* StacysMom: Sinclair is immediately smitten with ''Demian'''s mother.

* ''Siddhartha''

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) was a German UsefulNotes/{{Nobel Prize|In Literature}} winning author. His works were extremely popular in the 1960s, to the extent of being called the "Hesse Torrent." He received the Nobel Prize in 1946 for ''Literature/TheGlassBeadGame''. His books are often metaphysical in nature and deal with a search for self-knowledge and understanding, especially where faith is concerned.

* {{Bishounen}}: ''Demian'' is described as having a never-aging female-looking face, and is considered a very attractive guy.

* TheCharmer: Goldmund, of ''Narcissus and Goldmund''. ''Demian'' and his mother, in lesser degree, are charmers too.

* RiddleForTheAges: What, exactly, did ''Demian'' to Sinclair's bully?

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Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) was a German UsefulNotes/{{Nobel Prize|In Literature}} winning author. His works were extremely popular in the 1960s, to the extent of being called the "Hesse Torrent." He received the Nobel Prize in 1946 for his MagnumOpus, ''Literature/TheGlassBeadGame''. His books are often metaphysical in nature and deal with a search for self-knowledge and understanding, especially where faith is concerned.

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) was a German {{Nobel Prize|In Literature}} winning author. His works were extremely popular in the 1960s, to the extent of being called the "Hesse Torrent." He received the Nobel Prize in 1946 for his MagnumOpus, ''Literature/TheGlassBeadGame''. His books are often metaphysical in nature and deal with a search for self-knowledge and understanding, especially where faith is concerned.

* TheCharmer: Goldmund, of ''Narcissus and Goldmund''.

* Hot Mom: Demian's mother.

* AttractiveBentGender: Hermine in ''Steppenwolf''.

* HotMom: Demian's mother.

* HoYay: Plenty. Hans Giebenrath and Hermann Heinler in ''Beneath the Wheel'', Sinclair and ''Demian''.

* BlackDeath: In ''Narcissus and Goldmund''

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) was a German Nobel Prize winning author. His works were extremely popular in the 1960s, to the extent of being called the "Hesse Torrent." He received the Nobel Prize in 1946 for his MagnumOpus, ''Literature/TheGlassBeadGame''. His books are often metaphysical in nature and deal with a search for self-knowledge and understanding, especially where faith is concerned.