The Pied Piper by Viktor Dyk
For The Pied Piper, Czech writer Viktor Dyk found his muse in the much retold medieval Saxon legend of the villainous, pipe-playing rat-catcher. Dyk uses the tale as a loose frame for his story of a mysterious wanderer, outcast, and would-be revolutionary--a dreamer typical of fin de siecle Czech literature who serves Dyk as a timely expression of the conflict between the petty concerns of bourgeois nineteenth-century society and the coming artistic generation. Impeccably rendered into English by Mark Corner, The Pied Piper retains the beautiful style of Dyk's original Czech. The inspiration for several theater and film adaptations, including a noted animated work from critically acclaimed director Jiri Barta, Dyk's classical novella is given new life by Corner's translation, proving that the piper is open to new interpretations still.-
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Rambling On
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Ear
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Of Mice and Mooshaber
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The Well at Morning
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Rusalka
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Behind the Lines
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Crossroads of Imagination
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The Devil's Own Luck
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We Were a Handful
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Unsound Siblings
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Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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From Laughter to Forgetting
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Writing Underground
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Summer of Caprice
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The Lesser Histories
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Tales of the Prague Ghetto
Viktor Dyk (1877-1931) was a Czech writer of poetry, prose, and plays, as well as a nationalist politician. Mark Corner is a translator, author, and lecturer in religious and European studies who lives and works in Brussels.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9788024634401 |
| ISBN 10 | 8024634406 |
| Title | The Pied Piper |
| Author | Viktor Dyk |
| Series | Modern Czech Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic |
| Year published | 2018-07-10 |
| Number of pages | 125 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |