The Ratcatcher
by Viktor Dyk
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Description
A stranger with a magical fife promises to rid the rat-infested town of Hamelin of its vermin for the sum of one hundred Rhine ducats. Viktor Dyk's rendition of the medieval Saxon legend of the pied piper masterfully blends lyrical prose with early twentieth century modernism, and has held its own among works of Eastern European literature for over a hundred years. Now this Czech classic is introduced in English translation for the first time.Tags
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Ratcatcher
- Original title
- Krysař
- People/Characters
- Krysař; Agnes; Kristián; Sepp Jörgen
- First words
- „A vaše jméno?“
„Nejmenuji se; jsem nikdo. Jsem hůř než nikdo, jsem krysař.“ - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Rozloučil se s propastí.
Potom odešel hledat ženu, která by dala napít dítěti. - Original language
- Czech
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PG5038 .D85 — Language and Literature Slavic languages and literatures. Baltic languages. Albanian language Slavic. Baltic. Albanian Slavic Czech
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 48
- Popularity
- 622,809
- Rating
- (3.66)
- Languages
- Czech, English, French, Hungarian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 20
