The Short Stories of Gustav Meyrink Volume 1

The Opal(and other stories)

By:

Gustav Meyrink

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Dedalus European Classics

Show Hide Adult Content

$39.00

Available from supplier

Usually ships in 2-3 weeks

0 in Trolley

Price Match

Free Delivery with Primate

Join Now

Free 14 day free trial, cancel anytime.

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Afterpay is available on orders $100 to $2000 Learn more

6 weekly interest-free payments of $6.50 with Laybuy Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

Around 4-14 June using International Courier

Description

First published in 1994 it is a welcome return for these classic stories in a 2-volume collection of Meyrink's short stories. '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 and oriental allegories, were written in the first decade of the 20th century and are now translated for the first time. They make a magnificent introduction to Meyrink's bizarre genius, which combined the sharp Bohemian scepticism of his contemporary Kafka with the mordant humour and outreach of Swift." - The Independent on Sunday AUTHOR: Gustav Meyrink (I868-1932) found worldwide critical and commercial acclaim with his first novel The Golem (1915) It established his reputation as the master of the occult and the grotesque.(He was the German translator of Dickens). All of his novels and most of his short stories are available from Dedalus.

Author Biography:

Gustav Meyrink (I868-1932) found worldwide critical and commercial acclaim with his first novel The Golem (1915) It established his reputation as the master of the occult and the grotesque.(He was the German translator of Dickens). All of his novels and most of his short stories are available from Dedalus Maurice Raraty was a senior lecturer in German at the University of Kent, with an interest also in Comparative Literature. He has published various studies on the work of E.T.A. Hoffman and has translated a wide variety of texts from German. For Dedalus he has compiled and translated with Mike Mitchell The Short Stories of Gustav Meyrink Volume 1 (The Opal and Other Stories). Mike Mitchell has translated over 80 books from German and French including all the novels of Gustav Meyrink and many of his short stories. He is also the only English biographer of Gustav Meyrink and the editor and translator of the highly acclaimed The Dedalus Book of Austrian Fantasy.

Release date NZ

January 20th, 2023

Author

Gustav Meyrink

Series

Dedalus European Classics

Contributors

Translated by Maurice Raraty
Translated by Mike Mitchell

Pages

222

Audience

General (US: Trade)

ISBN-13

9781915568045

Product ID

36061613

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here