The Dedalus Book of German Decadence
โ Scribed by Ray Furness
- Publisher
- Dedalus
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 195 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1907650679
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โฆ Synopsis
A collection of fin-de-siecle German and Austrian decadence writing
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