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OverviewThe Architect of Ruins is considered one of the masterpieces of 20th century German fiction. It is an archetypal Dedalus novel with its literary game-playing and story-within-a-story. Four men led by the Architect of Ruins construct an Armagedon shelter, in the shape of a giant cigar, so that when the end of the world comes they can enter eternity in the right mood, whilst playing a Schubert string quartet. They amuse themselves by telling stories, which take on a life of their own, with walk on parts for Faust, Don Juan, da Ponte, and G.K. Chesterton etc as the narrative flashes back and forth between the Dark Ages and the Modern Day, like a literary Mobius strip. AUTHOR: Herbert Rosendorfer was born in Germany in 1934. His first novel Der Ruinenbaumeister (1969) was a critical and commercial success. It was first published in English by Dedalus in 1992 as The Architect of Ruins. This was followed by Stephanie in 1995, which was shortlisted for the Shlegel-Tieck Translation Prize. Letters Back to Ancient China is the most commercially successful of his novels. Mike Mitchell's translation was awarded the Schlegel-Tieck Translation Prize in 1997. Dedalus published Grand Solo for Anton by Herbert Rosendorfer in 2006. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Herbert Rosendorfer , Mike Mitchell (Lecturer in German, University of Stirling) , John ClutePublisher: Dedalus Ltd Imprint: Dedalus Ltd Edition: 2nd ed. ISBN: 9781903517796ISBN 10: 1903517796 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 10 December 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAmazing web of interlinked stories, with lots of musical references. -- Malcolm Smith in Booklist Herbert Rosendorfer is a German writer. Despite that he has a sense of humor. -- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung This is a book of paradoxes to shake you out of your complacent preconceptions about time, narrative order and the experience of reading. -- Lucasta Miller, The Times Herbert Rosendorfer is a German writer. Despite that he has a sense of humor. -- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Author InformationHerbert Rosendorfer was born in Germany in 1934. His first novel Der Ruinenbaumeister (1969) was a critical and commercial success, and is regarded by many critics as one of the masterpieces of German twentieth-century fiction. It was published in English by Dedalus in 1992 as The Architect of Ruins. This was followed by Stephanie in 1995, which was shortlisted for the Shlegel-Tieck Translation Prize. Letters Back to Ancient China is the most commercially successful of his novels. Mike Mitchell's translation was awarded the Schlegel-Tieck Translation Prize in 1997. For many years an academic with a special interest in Austrian literature and culture, Mike Mitchell has been a freelance literary translator since 1995.He has published over fifty translations from German and French, including Gustav Meyrink's five novels and The Dedalus Book of Austrian Fantasy. His translation of Rosendorfer's Letters Back to Ancient China won the 1998 Schlegel-Tieck Translation Prize after he had been shortlisted in previous years for his translations of Stephanie by Herbert Rosendorfer and The Golem by Gustav Meyrink. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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