The Short Stories of Gustav Meyrink Volume 2
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The Short Stories of Gustav Meyrink Volume 2 by Gustav Meyrink
This collection contains short stories translated for the first time as well as stories featured in Dedalus anthologies. Together with volume 1 they comprise the most comprehensive collection of Meyrink short stories to appear in English.Meyrink's short stories epitomised the non-plus-ultra of all modern writing. Their magnificent colour, their spine-chilling and bizarre inventiveness, their aggression, their succinctness of style, their overwhelming originality of ideas, which is so evident in every sentence and phrase that there seem to be no lacunae. -- Max Brod
These tales - sc-fi, ghost-stories, gothic fables, oriental allegories - were written in the first decade of the century and are now translated for the first time. They make a magnificent introduction to his bizarre genius, which combined the sharp Bohemian scepticism of his contemporary Kafka with the mordant humour and outreach of Swift. -- Independent on Sunday
Meyrink, Gustav: - Gustav Meyrink (I868-1932) found worldwide critical and commercial acclaim with his first novel The Golem (I9I5), which prior to the Dedalus Meyrink programme has been the only work available in English. It established his reputation as the master of the occult and the grotesque.(He was the German translator of Dickens). His reputation declined in his last years but now he is considered as one of the most important German language novelists of the 20th century. Dedalus has made all his major works available in English translation. In 2008 Dedalus Mike Mitchell's biography of Meyrink, Vivo.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781915568052 |
| ISBN 10 | 1915568056 |
| Title | The Short Stories of Gustav Meyrink Volume 2 |
| Author | Gustav Meyrink |
| Series | Dedalus European Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dedalus Ltd |
| Year published | 2023-06-23 |
| Number of pages | 171 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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