Gustav Meyrink Libros

El desasosiego y la más profunda inquietud gravitan sobre estos siete extraordinarios relatos, reunidos bajo el título de Murciélagos, y que constituyen lo más notable de la narrativa breve del autor de El golem. El Meyrink más depurado, elegante y virtuoso nos va descubriendo algunos de los recovecos más oscuros del alma humana, aquellos que ocultamos hasta de nosotros mismos. Gustav Meyrink nos guía con magistral habilidad por un sueño dirigido, invitándonos a descender por una inquietante y misteriosa escalera en la que nos iremos encontrando con el esoterismo y la cabalística, la alquimia y el ocultismo, la sorpresa y el estremecimiento, con sueños que sueñan otros sueños y con pesadillas que se extravían en la intimidad de otras pesadillas.

La leyenda judía del Golem es precursora de los futuros mitos sobre creaciones monstruosas llevadas a cabo por seres humanos en aras por competir con el Creador, fracasadas por nuestra soberbia. Concretada en Praga en el siglo XIV, recuerda la narración del Génesis, insuflando vida Yavéh a una figura modelada en barro a través de ciertas palabras mágicas. Gustav Meyrink (1868-1932) construyó con dicha leyenda un relato fascinante que encarna su protagonista Atanasius Pernath en el barrio judío de Praga, envuelto en el misterio, y la posibilidad del desdoblamiento de la personalidad en una atmósfera inquietante que entra de lleno en los misterios del inconsciente humano y que recuerda el casi contemporáneo mundo kafkiano.

A complex and ambitious novel which centres on the life of the Elizabethan magus, John Dee, in England, Poland and Prague, as it intertwines past and present, dreams and visions, myth and reality in a world of the occult, culminating in the transmutation of physical reality into a higher spiritual existence. John Dee, through his 20th century descendant, is led by the Green Angel to the 'Other Side of the Mirror'. From the erotically alluring Assja Shotokalungin (in all her incarnations), the pliant Jane, the mischievous Queen Elizabeth 1 to the earless charlatan Kelley, the truly grotesque Bartlett Greene and the sinister Emperor Rudolph1, John Dee heads a cast which lingers in the mind long after the book has been put down.

Gustav Meyrink is one of the most important and interesting authors of early 20th-century German Literature. To establish his reputation in the English-speaking world Dedalus has translated his five novels plus a collection of his short stories and published the first ever English-language biography of Meyrink. Now is the time to produce an overview of Meyrink in a single volume. The Dedalus Meyrink Reader has excerpts from all the translated books and a whole section of hitherto untranslated material, including the stories from the collection Flederm use and autobiographical articles. This volume is perfect companion for both the Meyrink scholar and the first-time Meyrink reader, containing as it does the whole gamut of Meyrink's writing from his love of the bizarre, the grotesque and the macabre to the spine-chilling occult tales and his quest to know what is on the Other Side of the Mirror.Novelist, satirist, translator of Charles Dickens, dandy, man-about-time, fencer, rower, banker and mystic seer, there are many, sometimes contradictory aspects to Gustav Meyrink, who must also be the only novelist to have challenged a whole army regiment to a duel. He has left behind a unique body of work, which can be sampled and enjoyed in The Dedalus Meyrink Reader.

The White Dominican is Meyrink's most esoteric novel, and draws on the wisdom of a number of mystical traditions, the most important of which is Tao. It is set in a mystical version of the Bavarian town of Wassserburg which sits on a promontory surrounded on three sides by the river Inn. The novel describes the spiritual journey of the simple hero, who, guided by a number of figures including his eccentric father, the spirit of of a distant ancestor, the protecting presence of his dead lover and the mysterious figure of the White Dominican, escapes the 'Medusa head' of the world to a transfiguration, through which he joins the 'living chain that stretches to infinity'.

Featuring a diverse array of 19th-century German recipes, this collection serves as both a practical cookbook and a window into the country's culinary history. It offers readers a unique opportunity to discover traditional dishes and the customs surrounding them, making it a valuable resource for those interested in exploring the gastronomical delights of the past.