These tales - sc-fi, ghost-stories, gothic fables, oriental allegories - were written in the first decade of the century and are now translated for the first time.They make a magnificent introduction to his bizarre genius, which combined the sharp Bohemian scepticism of his contemporary Kafka with t
The Opal (and other stories)
โ Scribed by Gustav Meyrink
- Publisher
- Dedalus
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 161 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1907650962
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โฆ Synopsis
a collection of bizarre, macabre and unusual short stories
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