
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 "Meyrin...
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Publisher: Dedalus Limited (September 11, 2013)
Publication Date: September 11, 2013
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Language: English
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Meyrink's prose in the Opal is stark and simple. The stories are exceedingly short. Perhaps because of this, they are all the more horrifying. Each one haunts you with its simplistic reality, as if it not only could happen but already has. Case in po...
tories 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 "His stories recall Gogol in their black, humorous vigour." The European Books of the Year