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(4) | 1 | This is one of the best anthologies - as an anthology - I have ever read. It now has 43 tales in it, all of them exciting, all beautifully translated, ranging from the Austro-Hungarian decadence to modern science fiction. It also has an excellent introduction, describing the particular qualities of Austrian - as opposed to German, or any other - literatures. The Austro-Hungarian empire before the second world war was elegant, frivolous, possessed by baroque images of death and dissolution, full of witty sidelong comments on ossified political structures, in the form of bureaucracies and castles. Both of these were explored by Kafka, who is central to this anthology, in that there are three tales by him, and his rediscovery after the Nazi period has been a dominant and clearly benign influence on modern Austrian writing.… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » See also 1 mention » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Meyrink, Gustav | Contributor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Mitchell, Mike | Editor | main author | all editions | confirmed | Blei, Franz | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Brod, Max | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Busson, Paul | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Csokor, Franz Theodor | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Kafka, Franz | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Kubin, Alfred | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Leppin, Paul | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Perutz, Leo | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Rilke, Rainer Maria | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Schnitzler, Arthur | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Strobl, Karl Hans | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | von Herzmanovsky-Orlando… Fritz | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | von Hofmannsthal, Hugo | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Werfel, Franz | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Klimt, Gustav | Cover artist | secondary author | some editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions This is one of the best anthologies - as an anthology - I have ever read. It now has 43 tales in it, all of them exciting, all beautifully translated, ranging from the Austro-Hungarian decadence to modern science fiction. It also has an excellent introduction, describing the particular qualities of Austrian - as opposed to German, or any other - literatures. The Austro-Hungarian empire before the second world war was elegant, frivolous, possessed by baroque images of death and dissolution, full of witty sidelong comments on ossified political structures, in the form of bureaucracies and castles. Both of these were explored by Kafka, who is central to this anthology, in that there are three tales by him, and his rediscovery after the Nazi period has been a dominant and clearly benign influence on modern Austrian writing. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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