Demian: "Two Realms" and "Cain"

German housewives line up for new ration books, as the effects of the Allied blockade are felt on the German home front, 1918

I said in the introductory post that Demian is a book long on philosophical musing, and that’s true. But if the narrative were no good I would never have chosen it. And the story of Franz Kromer, to me, shows Hesse’s ability to po…