The green face is set in amsterdam, which is used in the novel as a symbol of european decadence, and is ultimately destroyed. Gustav meyrink january 19, 1868 december 4, 1932 was the pseudonym of gustav meyer, an austrian author, novelist, dramatist, translator, and banker, most famous for his novel the golem. When an initiation is real, is true, it is a turning point in the aspirants life. Inside, among several strange customers, he sees an old man, who makes him sick with horror. In 2008 dedalus published the first english language biography of gustav meyrink,vivo. In the hands of a lesser writer, this would be unreadably grandiose, but meyrink strikes just the right balance of humor, gritty realism and poetic facility to pull.
Project gutenberg offers 61,500 free ebooks to download. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the widget. Our list includes contemporary english language fiction, translated european fiction, dedalus anthologies, and literary nonfiction. The dedalus meyrink reader dedalus european classics. The novel has the classic meyrink features the mystical wedding, the galaxy of grotesque characters, and the haunting atmosphere of the ghetto. The green face by gustav meyrink fantastic fiction. This by no means should frighten anyone off from the book, it is a marvelous piece of literature. Meyrink is known for his esoteric novels, such as the golem 1915, which. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
The novel can be be read on many levels, something which no doubt contributed to its longevity. In an amsterdam that very much resembles the prague of the golem, a stranger, hauberisser, enters by chance a. Merritt and sarban only as by abraham merritt and gustav meyrink and sarban chapbooks. Initiation is a ceremony, usually a group action, in which secret knowledge is transmitted to an aspirant which will produce great changes in him.
The key that will make us masters of our inner nature has been rusty ever since the flood. The white dominican is meyrinks most esoteric novel, and draws on the wisdom of a number of mystical traditions, the most important of which is tao. Amsterdam antwerp appeared asked attic baron pfeill become believe body cabbala caftan called chidher green dark dead death deep destiny doctor sephardi door dream earth eternal evas everything eyes fear feel felt forehead gave ghosts give golem green. The white dominican, gustav meyrink, 1994, fiction, 165 pages. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. In an amsterdam that very much resembles the prague of the golem, a stranger, hauberisser, enters by. I was not familiar with gustav meyrink when i added his novel the green face mike mitchell, translator to my late winterearly spring reading list which as you can tell is stretching into late springearly summer. The green face gustav meyrink, mike mitchell snippet view 1992. Meyrinks final novel the angel of the west wing 1927 had sold only 2,860 copies by 1931, a year before his death. Like his previous work the golem, the book again makes use of the. First published in 1916, the novel sets its action in the near future of postwar amsterdam, a city brimming with displaced people and with a stifling atmosphere of unrelenting tension. The green face gustav meyrink by brett stevens on august 30, 2002. The golem by gustav meyrink is a complex book and took two readings for me to try and fully comprehend it.
In an amsterdam that very much resembles the prague of the golem, a stranger, hauberisser. Of the volumes available to the english public, the green face, first published in 1916, is the most enjoyable. Allegedly requested by german government to write a novel showing that the freemasons started the great war, but refused under pressure from the freemasons. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. Mitchell gives 1925 sales figures for meyrinks novels, illustrating his quick rise and fall. Whereas most mysteries concern the solution of a crime, this regards problems of consciousness and cosmic meaning. Pdf gustav meyrink 1868 1932, best known as the author of the golem 1915, experimented with the occult in a time rife with occult. The golemgustav meyrinkfree downloadpdf epubfreeditorial. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The green face has a status in meyrinks oeuvre second only to the golem, and the two were written during the same period 19101916. And also, as one might expect at this time in history, meyrink tackles nationalism, demagoguery, and racism although strangely, he does use a racial slur more than once to describe the zulu so youve been warned. Download gustav meyrink s the golem for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile.
Meyrink, in his most profound and extraordinary book the green face, gives us the key to the process of liberation of the spirit. Gustav meyrinks the green face is an exhilarating vision of apocalypse. Alberto manguel in the observer this translation of the green face evokes a brooding, prefirst world war amsterdam of ghettos, refugees and religious cults. Dedalus has made all of meyrinks major work available in english. In an amsterdam that very much resembles the prague of the golem, a stranger, hauberisser, enters by chance a magicians shop. Out of curiosity, or merely in order to get away from the jostling of the crowd, who were commenting with typical dutch frankness on his frock coat. It sold more than 200,000 copies, turning meyrink into a best.
The book opens with fortunas hauberrisser entering a shop to escape the crowds. The green face dedalus european classics series by gustav meyrink. Gustav meyrink is currently considered a single author. Immediately download the gustav meyrink summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching gustav meyrink. For many years an academic with a special interest in austrian literature and culture, mike mitchell has been a freelance literary translator since. The elegantlydressed foreigner standing somewhat undecided on the pavement in the jodenbreetstraat gazed at the strange inscription in remarkably ornate white letters on the black sign outside a shop diagonally opposite. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.
Gustav meyrink primary author only author division. The golem was the first of meyrinks novels chronicling mystical and occult adventures. I added him for the same reason i added joriskarl huysmans against nature and georges rodenbachs brugeslamorte. Eric hidrew in the leeds guide gustav meyrinks most mystical novel yet. The quest for the wandering jew in a findesiecle amsterdam. They are all works that i learned of while reading about. The films on our page are all related to the books we publish.
One has a green face, which horrified the stranger and haunts, to where he attempts to track down the man. Gustav meyrink download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Green face is an occult allegory in the form of a mystery novel. He has been described as the most respected german language writer in the field of supernatural fiction. The dedalusariadne book of austrian fantasy the meyrink years 18901930, gustav meyrink. Once initiated, the aspirant will never be the same again. Eric hidrew in the leeds guide gustav meyrink s most mystical novel yet.
Like all around were people such as the eternal petty bourgeois of all lands eyes with the instinctive hatred of the bandylegged mongrel for a thoroughbred, beings that will ever remain a mystery to the masses, arousing both contempt and envy, creatures that can. It was published in 1915 and takes place in prague in 1890. Curiously, the events in the book take place in amsterdam following world war one. While brimming over with supernatural revelation, it maintains a vigorously esoteric perspective independent of any social institution or. In his first webinar marco focuses on the austrian author and occultist gustav meyrink 18681932. Dedalus is an alternative, independent publisher, founded in england in 1983. At the request of his participants, he dropped meyrink and included a text about. Thoughts after a second reading of the golem by gustav meyrink. This page was last edited on 10 december 2014, at 00. Please click button to get gustav meyrink book now. Frankly, the green face isnt quite as good as the golem, but id certainly rate it much higher than his the angel at the west window.
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