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