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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.

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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 His stories recall Gogol in their black, humorous vigour. -- The European Books of the Year

'His stories recall Gogol in their black, humorous vigour.' The European Books of the Year

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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.

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