Contributions

  • Mitchell, Michael, 1941- - Contributor
  • Irwin, Robert - Contributor

Publication

1995 - Dedalus, Sawtry, Cambs, England

Language

English

Word Count

65,500 words, Guess

Page Count

262 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • LibraryThing208066

Classifications

  • LCCPT2625.E95

Description

A masterpiece of surreal fantasy. The protagonist, called Athanasius Pernath is flung from the present, to the past, from one nightmare situation where the characters he meets have no link with anyon else. Underlying all the surface panic is a decades-old tragedy, followed by a present-day one. Kafka and Meyrink were contemporaries in the same city, and both possessed the gift of fantasy. It is not correct to say that Meyrink imitates Kafka. If anything, he outdoes Kafka in his bizarre surrealism

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

Series Statement

  • Dedalus European classics

Other Editions

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