First inspired in the eighteenth century by the tall tales of the real Baron Hieronymus von Munchausen, the legend of Baron Munchausen--as transmitted and transformed by Rudolf Erich Raspe and Gottfried August Burger--soon eclipsed the fame of his living counterpart and has captivated the European i
The Return of Munchausen
β Scribed by Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund
- Book ID
- 100157454
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Year
- 2016;2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1681370298
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Every baron has his flights of fancy -- Smoke that roars -- Kant's coeval -- In partes infidelium -- The devil in a droshky -- The theory of improbability -- The hermit of Bodenwerder -- The truth that ducked the man.;First inspired in the eighteenth century by the tall tales of the real Baron Hieronymus von MΓΌnchausen, the legend of Baron MΓΌnchausen--as transmitted and transformed by Rudolf Erich Raspe and Gottfried August BΓΌrger--soon eclipsed the fame of his living counterpart and has captivated the European imagination ever since.
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First inspired in the eighteenth century by the tall tales of the real Baron Hieronymus von Munchausen, the legend of Baron Munchausen--as transmitted and transformed by Rudolf Erich Raspe and Gottfried August Burger--soon eclipsed the fame of his living counterpart and has captivated the European i